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Concentrate your energy, your...

Concentrate your energy, your thoughts and your capital.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

If it is right that schools s...

If it is right that schools should be maintained by the whole community for the well-being of the whole, it is right also that libraries should be so maintained.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

When I did big things, some l...

When I did big things, some large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were behind me and responsible party.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

Ninety percent of all million...

Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

I choose free libraries as th...

I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

The average person puts only ...

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

Those who would administer [c...

Those who would administer [charity] wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity. It were better for mankind that the millions of the rich were thrown into the sea than spent to encourage the slothful, the drunken, the unworthy. Of every thousand dollars spent in so-called charity today, it is probable that nine hundred and fifty dollars is unwisely spent - so spent, indeed, as to produce the very evils which it hopes to mitigate or cure.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

Pittsburgh entered the core o...

Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

I give money for church organ...

I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

There is very little success ...

There is very little success where there is very little laughter.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

It is not the rich man's son ...

It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race for life, nor his nephew, nor his cousin. Let him look out for the dark horse in the boy who begins by sweeping out the office.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

Private Property, the Law of ...

Private Property, the Law of Accumulation of Wealth, and the Law of Competition... these are the highest results of human experience, the soil in which society so far has produced the best fruit.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

A man who was generous with h...

A man who was generous with his wealth. It has been reported that during his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million of his money to help others.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

The battle of life is already...

The battle of life is already half won by the young man who is brought in contact with high officials; and the great aim of every boy should be to do something beyond the sphere of his duties- something which attracts the attention of those over him.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

Men who reach decisions promp...

Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

Speculation is a parasite fee...

Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

Teamwork appears most effecti...

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 215 quotes

Take away my people, but leav...

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 215 quotes

I spent the first half of my ...

I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

Teamwork is the ability to wo...

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

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