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Andrew Carnegie quotes: He that cannot reason is a fool. He that cannot reason is a fool.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out. Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: There is nothing that robs a righteous cause of its strength more than a millionaire's money. There is nothing that robs a righteous cause of its strength more than a millionaire's money.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none. Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: I have had a long, long life full of troubles, but there is one curious fact about them-nine-tenths of them never happened. I have had a long, long life full of troubles, but there is one curious fact about them-nine-tenths of them never happened.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket. Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: When I did big things, some large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were behind me and responsible party. When I did big things, some large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were behind me and responsible party.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade. When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: One great cause of failure of young men in business is the lack of concentration. One great cause of failure of young men in business is the lack of concentration.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something. Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead. It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work. I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Aim for the highest. Aim for the highest.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it. Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Humanities education is the worst thing for an industrialist. Humanities education is the worst thing for an industrialist.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Anything in life worth having is worth working for. Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Steel is prince or pauper. Steel is prince or pauper.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or to get all the credit for doing it No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or to get all the credit for doing it
Andrew Carnegie quotes: A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle. A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Young man, make your name worth something. Young man, make your name worth something.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money. The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time. Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one. Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: All honor's wounds are self-inflicted. All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition. The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: There is little success where there is little laughter. There is little success where there is little laughter.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money. There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race. Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks
Andrew Carnegie quotes: No man can become rich without himself enriching others No man can become rich without himself enriching others
Andrew Carnegie quotes: All is well since all grows better All is well since all grows better
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Life is not so much a matter of position as of disposition. Life is not so much a matter of position as of disposition.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves. There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves. Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Three generations from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves. Three generations from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place. It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others. Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The secret of happiness is renunciation. The secret of happiness is renunciation.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own. Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.' I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.'
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Instead of the question "What must I do for my employer?" substitute "What can I do" Instead of the question "What must I do for my employer?" substitute "What can I do"
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast. Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances. Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: I will give a million dollars for any convincing proof of a future life. I will give a million dollars for any convincing proof of a future life.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best. Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The law which is never to be broken is never required. The law which is never to be broken is never required.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs. Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Golf is an indispensable adjunct to high civilisation. Golf is an indispensable adjunct to high civilisation.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Capitalism is about turning luxuries into necessities. Capitalism is about turning luxuries into necessities.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The worlds civilization started from the day on which everyone received reward for labour. The worlds civilization started from the day on which everyone received reward for labour.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle. I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: No man becomes rich unless he enriches others. No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar. I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: In [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man. In [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The man who dies rich, dies disgraced. The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Is necessarily limited by his lack of knowledge of the circumstances Is necessarily limited by his lack of knowledge of the circumstances
Andrew Carnegie quotes: There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Not only had I got rid of the theology and the supernatural, but I had found the truth of evolution. Not only had I got rid of the theology and the supernatural, but I had found the truth of evolution.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: A business is seldom if ever built up except on lines of strictest integrity. A business is seldom if ever built up except on lines of strictest integrity.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: I am as a speck of dust in the sun, and not even so much, in this solemn, mysterious, unknowable universe. I am as a speck of dust in the sun, and not even so much, in this solemn, mysterious, unknowable universe.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it. The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best. You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do. The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life. I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes. All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one. To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Give me a man with an average ability but a burning desire to succeed and I will give you a winner in exchange every time. Give me a man with an average ability but a burning desire to succeed and I will give you a winner in exchange every time.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There's always room at the top in every pursuit. Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There's always room at the top in every pursuit.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results. TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves. Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself. You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: There is no way of making a business successful that can vie with the policy of promoting those who render exceptional service. There is no way of making a business successful that can vie with the policy of promoting those who render exceptional service.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich
Andrew Carnegie quotes: I can't afford to pay them any other way. I can't afford to pay them any other way.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: There is very little success where there is very little laughter. There is very little success where there is very little laughter.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: What one does easily, one does well. What one does easily, one does well.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution. I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big. You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Do real and permanent good in this world. Do real and permanent good in this world.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is. The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: A man's reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally. A man's reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service. I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert. A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it. The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave. He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone. It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: Pioneering don't pay. Pioneering don't pay.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
Andrew Carnegie quotes: If thou dost not sow, thou shalt not reap, If thou dost not sow, thou shalt not reap,
Andrew Carnegie quotes: The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim. The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.

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