“They had seen some of the most important business success won by men who possessed, in addition to their knowledge, the ability to talk well, win people to their way of thiking, and ‘sell’ themselves and their ideas.”

— Lowell Thomas
 

 
“Dale Carnegie claims that any man can talk when he get mad. He says that if you hit the most ignorant man in town on the jaw and knock him down, he will get on his feet and talk with an eloquence, heat, and emphasis that would have rivaled William Jennings Bryan in his palmiest days.”

— Lowell Thomas
 

 
“The way to develop self-confidence, he says [Dale Carnegie], is to do thing you fear to do and get a record of successful experiences behind you.

— Lowell Thomas
 

 
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.”

— Charles W. Eliot
 

 
“Failure is success if we learn from it.”

— Malcolm S. Forbes