Andrew Carnegie Quotes

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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.

Andrew Carnegie

Believe, Thinking, Giving

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Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

Andrew Carnegie

Inspiration, People, Giving

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No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

Andrew Carnegie

Men, Rich, Become Rich

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The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich

Andrew Carnegie

Men, Discovery, Doe

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If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.

Andrew Carnegie

Happiness, Happy, Military

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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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Motivational, Mind, Desire

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The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.

Andrew Carnegie

Leadership, Positivity, People

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Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time.

Andrew Carnegie

Men, Average, Desire

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There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.

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Helping Others, Help And Support, People

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The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.

Andrew Carnegie

Inspirational, Motivational, Men

"Wealth," North American Review, June 1889

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The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.

Andrew Carnegie

Inspirational, Success, Lying

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You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

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Littles, Ladders, Climbs

Andrew Carnegie (2006). “The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings”, p.70, Penguin

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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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Thinking, Giving, Complaining

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There are two types of people who never achieve very much in their lifetimes. One is the person who won't do what he or she is told to do, and the other is the person who does no more than he or she is told to do.

Andrew Carnegie

Two, People, Doe

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

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Inspirational, Leadership, Confidence

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The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.

Andrew Carnegie

Giving, Purpose, Rich

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Mutual ignorance breeds mutual distrust.

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Ignorance, Distrust, Mutual

Andrew Carnegie (2006). “The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings”, p.13, Penguin

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The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks

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Risk, Dare, Best Times

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Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.

Andrew Carnegie

Rights, Preparation, Demand

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I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.

Andrew Carnegie

Power, Law Of Attraction, Mind

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A man's reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.

Andrew Carnegie

Reading, Men, Program

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Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

Andrew Carnegie

Success, Work, Empowerment

"Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude". Book by W. Clement Stone, dedication Page, 1960.

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There is little success where there is little laughter.

Andrew Carnegie

Motivational, Success, Encouragement

Andrew Carnegie (1913). “The Empire of Business”

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It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

Andrew Carnegie

Jobs, People, Team Building

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The secret of happiness is renunciation.

Andrew Carnegie

Inspirational, Happiness, Secret

Andrew Carnegie (2015). “Round the World”, p.212, Sheba Blake Publishing

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Born: November 25, 1835
Died: August 11, 1919
Occupation: Business magnate
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