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."

"All honor's wounds are self-inflicted."

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

"Capitalism is about turning luxuries into necessities."

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

"Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best."

"I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line."

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

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

"I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle."

"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."

"No man can become rich without himself enriching others."

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

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

"Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket."

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

"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results."

"The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%."

"The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell."

"The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced."

"The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised."

"The moral of my life is that if you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes."

"The older I get the more I doubt the wisdom of the so-called wise."

"There is little success where there is little laughter."

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

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

"To try to make the world in some way better than you found it is to have a noble motive in life."

"Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends."

"Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves."

"We are the toiling thousands, who with our hands and brains, are enriching the earth."

"Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately."

"You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb."

"Young men should know that it is not the capital they have, but the capital they make, that counts."