Andrew Carnegie Quotes About Giving
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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.
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I will give a million dollars for any convincing proof of a future life.
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I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.
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Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.
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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.
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I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves.
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The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.
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The sound rule in business is that you may give money freely when you have a surplus, but your name never-neither as endorser nor as member of a corporation with individual liability
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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.
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I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.
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I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
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I demand riches in definite terms; I have a definite plan for acquiring riches;I am engaged in carrying out my plan, and I am giving an equivalent,in useful service, of the value of those riches I demand.
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The first thing to do about an obstacle is simply to stand up to it and not complain about it or whine under it but forthrightly attack it. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.
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Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.
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It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.
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Andrew Carnegie
- Born: November 25, 1835
- Died: August 11, 1919
- Occupation: Business magnate
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