Andrew Carnegie Quotes

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• 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 doing it.
• 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 to which he is justly…
• And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of…
• 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 the basket.
• He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
• The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said,…
• Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
• Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.
• The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
• Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
• Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
• Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
• 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…
• Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
• The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

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