"The secret of happiness is renunciation." — Andrew Carnegie

"The secret of happiness is renunciation."

— Andrew Carnegie

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128 Quotes by Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie has 128 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for…
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.
There is little success where there is little laughter.
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else…
And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because…
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches…
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a…
The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men…
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of…

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More Happiness Quotes

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Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be… — Hannah Arendt
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all… — Hannah Arendt
Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. — Aristotle
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or… — Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
Friendship is essentially a partnership. — Aristotle
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. — Aristotle
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of… — Aristotle
It is by not always thinking of yourself, if you can manage it, that you might somehow be happy. Until… — Richard Bach
In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach

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