Andrew Carnegie Quotes - Page 2

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• Young man, make your name worth something.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Men, Names, Young

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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.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Dream, Kings, Attention

  Andrew Carnegie (2007). “The Empire of Business”, p.4, Cosimo, Inc.

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Motivational, Success, Perseverance

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• 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

  Inspirational, Confidence, Men

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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%.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• If thou dost not sow, thou shalt not reap.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Reap, Ifs

  Andrew Carnegie (2006). “The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings”, p.14, Penguin

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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

  211 Copy quote

• Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Business, Decision, Watches

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

  73 Copy quote

• Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged... 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket' is all wrong. I tell you 'put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.'

  Andrew Carnegie

  Wisdom, Eggs, Energy

  Address to students at Curry Commercial College, Pittsburgh, Pa., 23 June 1885. Printed in Carnegie's book, The Empire of Business (1902).

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• Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors......Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Motivational, Leadership, People

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• There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Idols, Worship

  Andrew Carnegie (2014). “The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and His Essay The Gospel of Wealth”, p.115, Courier Corporation

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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 rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Helping Others, Competition, Trying

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• Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Horse

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• A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Happiness, Sunny, Fortune

  Andrew Carnegie (2006). “The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and The Gospel of Wealth”, p.8, Penguin

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• It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Giving, Charity, Firsts

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Attitude, Power, Secret Love

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• One great cause of failure of young men in business is lack of concentration.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Men, Causes, Young

  "How to win fortune: and The Gospel of Wealth".

  63 Copy quote

• The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Success, Leadership

  66 Copy quote

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Interesting, Problem, Problem Solving

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• The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Business, Commitment, Weight Loss

  Andrew Carnegie (2015). “The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie”, p.143, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Philosophy, Greatness, Steps

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• When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Funny, Famous Inspirational, Fate

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• Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Eggs, Vaccines, Business Success

  "James Watt".

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