Andrew Carnegie Quotes

Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

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

The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.

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

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

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

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

There is little success where there is little laughter.

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

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

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

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.

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.

One great cause of failure of young men in business is lack of concentration.

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.

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

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.