Libraries are reservoirs of strength, grace and wit, reminders of order, calm and continuity, lakes of mental energy, neither warm nor cold,… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
If it is right that schools should be maintained by the whole community for the well-being of the whole, it is right… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
It was from my own early experience that I decided there was no use to which money could be applied so productive… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs. — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
The battle of life is already half won by the young man who is brought in contact with high officials; and the great aim… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
“ You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little. ” — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
“A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves. — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb. — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel… — Andrew Carnegie Copy Share Image
