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Speculation is a parasite fee...

Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.

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

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

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

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

Capitalism is about turning l...

Capitalism is about turning luxuries into necessities.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

The problem of our age is the...

The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

It was from my own early expe...

It was from my own early experience that I decided there was no use to which money could be applied so productive of good to girls and boys who have good within them and ability and ambition to develop it as the founding of a public library.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

Surplus wealth is a sacred tr...

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

The public only knows one sid...

The public only knows one side of [Mark Mark Twain] - the amusing part. Little does it suspect that he was a man of strong convictions upon political and social questions and a moralist of no mean order.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

A sunny disposition is worth ...

A sunny disposition is worth more than [a monetary] fortune. Young people should know that it can be cultivated; that the mind like the body can be moved from the shade into sunshine.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

I believe that the road to pr...

I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

Give me the life of the boy w...

Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

Any idea that is held in the ...

Any idea that is held in the mind, that is emphasized, that is either feared or revered, will begin at once to cloth itself in the most convenient and appropriate form available.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

Why should men leave great fo...

Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking, it is not well for the children that they should be so burdened.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

I began to learn what poverty...

I began to learn what poverty meant. It was burnt in my heart then that my father had to beg for work and there came the resolve that I would cure that when I got to be a man.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

The sound rule in busi­ness i...

The sound rule in busi­ness is that you may give money freely when you have a sur­plus, but your name never-nei­ther as en­dorser nor as mem­ber of a cor­po­ra­tion with in­di­vid­ual li­a­bil­ity

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

The only irreplaceable capita...

The only irreplaceable capital an organization possesses is the knowledge and ability of its people. The productivity of that capital depends on how effectively people share their competence with those who can use it.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

The man who dies leaving behi...

The man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was his to administer during his life, will pass away unwept, unhonoured and insung no matter to what uses he leaves the dross which he cannot take with him.

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

I wish to have as my epitaph: ...

I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.'

Andrew Carnegie 215 quotes

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