Andrew Carnegie Quotes

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
Andrew Carnegie

Age, Men, Attention

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

Matter, Themselves, Mediocrity

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
Andrew Carnegie

Leadership, Great, Leader

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.
Andrew Carnegie

Business, Best, Hard

There is little success where there is little laughter.
Andrew Carnegie

Success, Laughter

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
Andrew Carnegie

Money, Nothing, Else

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.
Andrew Carnegie

Mind, May, Else

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.
Andrew Carnegie

Cannot, Anyone, Unless

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
Andrew Carnegie

Fool, Cannot, Reason

No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
Andrew Carnegie

Leadership, Great, Business

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

Wise, Thoughts, Eggs

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

Finance, Trust, Good

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.
Andrew Carnegie

Men, Strong, Said

Aim for the highest.
Andrew Carnegie

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.
Andrew Carnegie

Wanted, Since, Act

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

Leadership, Second, Shell

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
Andrew Carnegie

Honesty, Motto, Industry

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
Andrew Carnegie

Best, Except, Approval

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.
Andrew Carnegie

Future, Care, Duty

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
Andrew Carnegie

Power, Yourself, Control

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%.
Andrew Carnegie

Work, Person, Put

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

Men, Strong, Compromise

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
Andrew Carnegie

Life, Success, Yourself

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
Andrew Carnegie

Finance, Rich, Put

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
Andrew Carnegie

Wise, Serious, Difficult

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Businessman

Born: November 25, 1835

Died: August 11, 1919

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