Carnegie's Daily Wisdom

Author: Dale Carnegie (USA)
Translator: Chen Zhen
Country: USA
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Dale Carnegie was a person who loved to quote. When he read, what often caught his attention were witty phrases, moving sentences, and powerful passages that lingered in his mind. The famous quotes he admired had seamlessly integrated into his daily speech, often in unexpected ways. Once, while I tried to interrupt his weeding work in the garden and asked him whether he would attend a friend's dinner party two weeks later, he calmly replied, "Alright, as you wish. 'Let us focus on the work at hand, not just gaze at the vague future.'" While pulling up a weed, he quoted a line from Sir William Osler's speech to Harvard University students about the Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle.
Whenever he played cards with my parents and won, he would always quote the slogan of Al Smith, the 1929 presidential candidate: "Check the records!" Another time, as we were preparing to take a train to Chicago, I told Dale that I would first take my little daughter to the restroom, and he replied with a line from Shakespeare's play Macbeth: "Delay not, go immediately." Although his speech, with its Midwest accent, sounded clear and straightforward, it was indeed enriched by his frequent use of others' wisdom.
When writing, he also often liked to quote famous lines to emphasize points and add authority. The golden sayings he collected formed their own system. They combined into a philosophy that clearly explained the beliefs, writings, and teachings of Dale Carnegie. The importance and joy of work—overcoming fear and setbacks with courage and perseverance—kindness and love between people—a firm belief in God.