Andrew Carnegie Quotes
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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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Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
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Steel is prince or pauper.
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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.
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The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is.
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The man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result, not of chance, but of well-devised means for the attainment of ends.
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Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one.
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Three generations from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves.
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That 95 per cent. fail of those who start in business upon their own account seems incredible, and yet such are said to be the statistics upon the subject.
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The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.
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TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results.
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The public only knows one side of [Mark Mark Twain] - the amusing part. Little does it suspect that he was a man of strong convictions upon political and social questions and a moralist of no mean order.
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Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.
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While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department. We accept and welcome, therefore, as conditions to which we must accommodate ourselves, great inequality of environment, the concentration of business, industrial and commercial, in the hands of a few, and the law of competition between these, as being not only beneficial, but essential for the future progress of the race.
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My hopes were high, and I looked every day for some change to take place. What it was to be I knew not, but that it would come I felt certain if I kept on. One day the chance came.
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In [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man.
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The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
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There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.
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Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract your attention.
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I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.'
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There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.
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There is a power under your control that is greater than poverty, greater than the lack of education, greater than all your fears and superstitions combined. It is the power to take possession of your own mind and direct it to whatever ends you may desire.
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I have never known a concern to make a decided success that did not do good, honest work, and even in these days of fiercest competition, when everything would seem to be a matter of price, there lies still at the root of great business success the very much more important factor of quality. The effect of attention to quality, upon every man in the service, from the president of the concern down to the humblest laborer, cannot be overestimated.
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When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.
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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.
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I will give a million dollars for any convincing proof of a future life.
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All is well since all grows better
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Every man gravitates to where he belongs in life, just as surely as water seeks and finds its level. His position is measured precisely by the quality and quantity of the service he renders, plus the mental attitude with which he relates himself to other people.
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Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.
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I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
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Andrew Carnegie
- Born: November 25, 1835
- Died: August 11, 1919
- Occupation: Business magnate
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