Dale Carnegie

No one can learn how to speak who does not first speak as best he can.

"My popularity, my happiness and sense of worth depend to no small extent upon my skill in dealing with people."

suggestions for self–control, with gradually increasing emphasis upon the power of the inner man over

The second principle lies close to the first: The man must enthrone his will to rule over his thought, his feelings, and all his physical powers, so that the outer self may give perfect, unhampered expression to the inner. It is futile, we assert, to lay down systems of rules for voice culture, intonation, gesture, and what not, unless these two principles of having something to say and making the will sovereign have at least begun to make themselves felt in the life

If you believe you will fail, there is no hope for you. You will.

the first thing both in time and in importance is that the man should be and think and feel things that are worthy of being given forth.

The man must enthrone his will to rule over his thought, his feelings, and all his physical powers, so that the outer self may give perfect, unhampered expression to the inner.

No one can learn how to speak who does not first speak as best he can.

therefore the first thing both in time and in importance is that the man should be and think and feel things that are worthy of being given forth. Unless there be something of value within, no tricks of training can ever make of the talker anything more than a machine—albeit a highly perfected machine—for the delivery of other men's goods. So self–development is fundamental in our plan.

It is not enough to be absorbed by your subject—to acquire self–confidence you must have something in which to be confident.