Andrew Carnegie Quotes, Thoughts and images
Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.
No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.
The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.
The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.
Young man, make your name worth something.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time.
Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves.
There is little success where there is little laughter.
The secret of success lies not in doing your work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.
If thou dost not sow, thou shalt not reap.
The secret of happiness is renunciation.
Success can be attained in any branch of labour. There’s always room at the top in every pursuit.
Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.
There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
One great cause of failure of young business men is lack of concentration.
The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks
The man who dies rich dies disgraced.
Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.
Mutual ignorance breeds mutual distrust.
Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is.
Instead of the question "What must I do for my employer?" substitute "What can I do"
Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.
There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money.
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
Do real and permanent good in this world.
It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
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.