Dale Carnegie Quotes

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped them from Chesterfield. I stole them from Jesus. And I put them in a book.

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

I learned life from some good teachers.

Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

This, books can do-nor this alone; they give New views to life, and teach us how to live; They soothe the grieved, the stubborn they chastise; Fools they admonish, and confirm the wise. Their aid they yield to all: they never shun The man of sorrow, nor the wretch undone; Unlike the hard, the selfish, and the proud, They fly not sullen from the suppliant crowd; Nor tell to various people various things, But show to subjects, what they show to kings.

David Jacobs is a great influence on my life, has taught me so much about so many things.

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

My kids are at a point in their lives where I'm a moral compass for them. God help them both.

If Confucius wasn't born, the long night would have no bright lamp.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

A conscience without God is like a court without a judge.

It's unbelievable how many things I've learned from Merlin Olsen.

I've learned a tremendous amount from Oprah.

The aim of education is the knowledge, not of facts, but of values.

Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'

Education is the leading of human souls to what is best, and making what is best out of them.

My father has been my role model. And I always looked up to him - be it his management philosophy or his approach towards life.

Some of the best advice I've gotten was from William Hurt and Harry Connick Jr. I've really learned a lot from both of them.

Teachers, you are the shapers of thought and the molders of sentiment, not of this age and of this generation alone, but of ages and generations to come.

Intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.

The men that write books are now the world's priests, the spiritual directors of mankind

Teachers are important in this world.

With a lot of my comedic heroes, I'm trying to make sure that, wherever they might have gotten off-track a bit, I've learned that lesson.

I do know there's a lot of music where Led Zeppelin has been leant on. We didn't do anything about it. And I wouldn't want to, either.