Andrew Carnegie Quotes About Success
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Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
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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.
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There is little success where there is little laughter.
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The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.
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The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
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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%.
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Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
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Any idea that is held in the mind, that is emphasized, that is either feared or revered, will begin at once to cloth itself in the most convenient and appropriate form available.
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People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
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I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work.
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Andrew Carnegie
- Born: November 25, 1835
- Died: August 11, 1919
- Occupation: Business magnate