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He that cannot reason is a fool. — Andrew Carnegie

Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out. — Andrew Carnegie

There is nothing that robs a righteous cause of its strength more than a millionaire's money. — Andrew Carnegie

Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none. — Andrew Carnegie

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

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket. — Andrew Carnegie

Concentrate your energy, your thoughts and your capital. — Andrew Carnegie

When I did big things, some large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were behind me and responsible party. — Andrew Carnegie

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. — Andrew Carnegie

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade. — Andrew Carnegie

One great cause of failure of young men in business is the lack of concentration. — Andrew Carnegie

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something. — Andrew Carnegie

Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity. — Andrew Carnegie

It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead. — Andrew Carnegie

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

Aim for the highest. — Andrew Carnegie

Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it. — Andrew Carnegie

Humanities education is the worst thing for an industrialist. — Andrew Carnegie

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration. — Andrew Carnegie

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. — Andrew Carnegie

Anything in life worth having is worth working for. — Andrew Carnegie

There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb himself. — Andrew Carnegie

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. — Andrew Carnegie

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. — Andrew Carnegie

All is well since all grows better — Andrew Carnegie

No man can become rich without himself enriching others — Andrew Carnegie

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

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

Young man, make your name worth something. — Andrew Carnegie

There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money. — Andrew Carnegie

Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one. — Andrew Carnegie

The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks — Andrew Carnegie

Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves. — Andrew Carnegie

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition. — Andrew Carnegie

There is little success where there is little laughter. — Andrew Carnegie

Capitalism is about turning luxuries into necessities. — Andrew Carnegie

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

Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself — Andrew Carnegie

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. — Andrew Carnegie

The law which is never to be broken is never required. — Andrew Carnegie

The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money. — Andrew Carnegie

Not evil, but good, has come to the race from the accumulation of wealth by those who have the ability and energy that produce it. — Andrew Carnegie

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

Instead of the question "What must I do for my employer?" substitute "What can I do" — Andrew Carnegie

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! — Andrew Carnegie

There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves. — Andrew Carnegie

Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances. — Andrew Carnegie

I will give a million dollars for any convincing proof of a future life. — Andrew Carnegie

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best. — Andrew Carnegie

Steel is prince or pauper. — Andrew Carnegie

Do not look at mirage and look inside mirror — V.V. Rao

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs. — Andrew Carnegie

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself. — Andrew Carnegie

The surest foundation of a manufacturing concern is quality. After that, and a long way after, comes cost. — Andrew Carnegie

Golf is an indispensable adjunct to high civilisation. — Andrew Carnegie

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. — Andrew Carnegie

What one does easily, one does well. — Andrew Carnegie

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

Not only had I got rid of the theology and the supernatural, but I had found the truth of evolution. — Andrew Carnegie

If thou dost not sow, thou shalt not reap, — Andrew Carnegie

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. — Andrew Carnegie

The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it. — Andrew Carnegie

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

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others. — Andrew Carnegie

I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar. — Andrew Carnegie

In [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man. — Andrew Carnegie

The man who dies rich, dies disgraced. — Andrew Carnegie

Is necessarily limited by his lack of knowledge of the circumstances — Andrew Carnegie

There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it — Andrew Carnegie

No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit. — Andrew Carnegie

A business is seldom if ever built up except on lines of strictest integrity. — Andrew Carnegie

I am as a speck of dust in the sun, and not even so much, in this solemn, mysterious, unknowable universe. — Andrew Carnegie

The worlds civilization started from the day on which everyone received reward for labour. — Andrew Carnegie

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best. — Andrew Carnegie

Soldiers in foreign camps, so far from being missionaries for good, require missionaries themselves, more than the natives. Andrew Carnegie — H.W. Brands

The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do. — Andrew Carnegie

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

All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes. — Andrew Carnegie

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

There is no way of making a business successful that can vie with the policy of promoting those who render exceptional service. — Andrew Carnegie

I can't afford to pay them any other way. — Andrew Carnegie

There is very little success where there is very little laughter. — Andrew Carnegie

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. — Andrew Carnegie

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

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution. — Andrew Carnegie

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

Do real and permanent good in this world. — Andrew Carnegie

The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is. — Andrew Carnegie

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

Andrew Carnegie was an inventor only in the sense that he adopted and adapted the discoveries of others. — H.W. Brands

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

TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results. — Andrew Carnegie

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

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

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it. — Andrew Carnegie

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave. — Andrew Carnegie

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

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. — Andrew Carnegie

Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There's always room at the top in every pursuit. — Andrew Carnegie

Pioneering don't pay. — Andrew Carnegie