If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I'll tell you what you are.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes that a person's sense of self-worth and importance is intrinsically linked to their values and actions.
Dale Carnegie's quote reflects the idea that understanding how individuals derive their feelings of importance can reveal much about their character and priorities. It implies that everyone's self-esteem originates from different sources—some may find it through their achievements, relationships, or contributions to others. Therefore, by examining what elevates one’s sense of importance, we can gain insight into their true nature and motivations.
In practice
In a motivational speech about self-esteem, you might say, 'If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I'll tell you what you are, which highlights the role of personal values in shaping our identity.'
When I asked him -Mr.Henry Ford- if he ever worried, he replied: "No. I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe that every-thing will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about?
Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
By talking to yourself about the things you have to be grateful for you can fill your mind with thoughts that soar and sing.
It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.
I can look back at my own life and see where a few words of praise have sharply changed my entire future. Can't you say the same thing about your life?
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
Who are we, if not measured by our impact on others? That’s who we are! We’re not who we say we are, we’re not who we want to be - we are the sum of the influence and impact that we have, in our lives, on others.
Who are you to condemn another's sin? He who condemns sin becomes part of it, espouses it.
We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.
Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering.
Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth
We see ourselves in terms of yesterday and today. Our Heavenly Father sees us in terms of forever.
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