Andrew Carnegie Quotes

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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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  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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• 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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  No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Men, Rich, Become Rich

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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.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Motivational, Mind, Desire

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Risk, Dare, Best Times

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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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• 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.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Thinking, Giving, Complaining

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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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• The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Men

  "Wealth," North American Review, June 1889

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• Teamwork appears most effective if each individual helps others to succeed, increasing the synergy of that team; ideally, every person will contribute different skills to increase the efficiency of the team and develop its unity.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Teamwork, Helping Others, Skills

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Helping Others, Help And Support, People

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Giving, Purpose, Rich

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• The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Interesting, Problem, Problem Solving

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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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• 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 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.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Giving, Half, Firsts

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• Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Fall, Heart, Scotland

  Andrew Carnegie, Margaret Barclay Wilson (1915). “A Carnegie Anthology”

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• Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate. More money has been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined. The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Wise, Real, Men

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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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• Mutual ignorance breeds mutual distrust.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Ignorance, Distrust, Mutual

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

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• Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Strong, Men, Weakness

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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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