Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

About this quote
- Attributed to
- Dale Carnegie
- Source
- As quoted in A Joke, a Quote, & the Word : Feed Your Body, Soul and Spirit (2006) by Ronald P. Keeven, p. 147
- Attribution status
- ✓ Verified source
- Verification
- Primary reference
Photo: Benh LIEU SONG (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · Portrait: Unknown author (Public domain)
Which customer or colleague could you serve better this week?
Block 30 focused minutes for your most important project.
Join to journal, save & shareCreate a share imageWatch & listen
Be Fearless (greatest motivational ever!)
Richard Branson's Top 5 Tips for becoming an Entrepreneur
Work hard, play hard: the Richard Branson business plan
More from Dale Carnegie & related wisdom
Crises, reversals, obstacles - these are always encountered by all upper-management employees during their careers. The value of a man under such circumstances is not dependent only on the way in which he confronts adversity, but also in his ability to turn adversity to his own advantage.
What we in industry learned in dealing with people is that people do not work just for money and that if you are trying to motivate, money is not the most effective tool.

Entrepreneurs are artists and I mean “artists” in the true sense of the word: they see something no one else does.

