Andrew Carnegie Quotes - Famous Quotes by Andrew Carnegie
Born: 1835-11-25
Died: 1919-08-11
Andrew Carnegie Biography
All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
- Andrew Carnegie
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And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
- Andrew Carnegie
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
- Andrew Carnegie
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Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
- Andrew Carnegie
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Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
- Andrew Carnegie
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He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
- Andrew Carnegie
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Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.
- Andrew Carnegie
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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
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I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.
- Andrew Carnegie
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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
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One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
- Andrew Carnegie
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People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
- Andrew Carnegie
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Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
- Andrew Carnegie
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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%.
- Andrew Carnegie
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The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.
- Andrew Carnegie
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The man who dies rich dies disgraced.
- Andrew Carnegie
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There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
- Andrew Carnegie
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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
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