Dale Carnegie

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

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,

how. Vain effort! It is an ancient truism that we learn to do by doing. The first thing for the beginner in public speaking is to speak—not to study voice and gesture and the rest.

by self–observation or according to the criticisms of those who hear.

methods are secondary matters; that the full mind, the warm heart, the dominant will are primary—and not only primary but paramount;

he is urged to speak, speak, SPEAK as he is applying to his own methods, in his own personal way, the principles he has gathered from his own experience and observation and the recorded experiences of others.

is sheer egotism to fill your mind with thoughts of self when a greater thing is there—TRUTH.

sooner or later you must get wet, perhaps even strangle and be "half scared to death."

You must learn to speak by speaking.