Andrew Carnegie Quotes

Andrew Carnegie (34)

Birth:	25th November, 1835
Death:	11th August, 1919
Nationality:	American, Scottish
Profession:	Industrialist, Philanthropist

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  You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

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  No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.

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• He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

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• 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 the fittest in every department.

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• Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

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

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• The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

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• I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

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  Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

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• Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

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• All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.

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• Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

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• I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.

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• Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.

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• No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

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• If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.

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• 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, and principles should never be compromised.

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• I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

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• You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

  Andrew Carnegie

• Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

  Andrew Carnegie