Andrew Carnegie Quotes

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You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.

Andrew Carnegie

Believe, Thinking, Giving

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The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich

Andrew Carnegie

Men, Discovery, Doe

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Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

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Inspiration, People, Giving

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No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

Andrew Carnegie

Men, Rich, Become Rich

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There is a power under your control that is greater than poverty, greater than the lack of education, greater than all your fears and superstitions combined. It is the power to take possession of your own mind and direct it to whatever ends you may desire.

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Motivational, Mind, Desire

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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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Happiness, Happy, Military

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The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.

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Leadership, Positivity, People

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The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.

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Inspirational, Success, Lying

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There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.

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Helping Others, Help And Support, People

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Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time.

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Men, Average, Desire

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The first thing to do about an obstacle is simply to stand up to it and not complain about it or whine under it but forthrightly attack it. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.

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Thinking, Giving, Complaining

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There is little success where there is little laughter.

Andrew Carnegie

Motivational, Success, Encouragement

Andrew Carnegie (1913). “The Empire of Business”

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The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.

Andrew Carnegie

Inspirational, Motivational, Men

"Wealth," North American Review, June 1889

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The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks

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Risk, Dare, Best Times

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The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.

Andrew Carnegie

Giving, Purpose, Rich

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A man's reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.

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Reading, Men, Program

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I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.

Andrew Carnegie

Power, Law Of Attraction, Mind

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Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves.

Andrew Carnegie

Business, Decision, Watches

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Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate. More money has been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined. The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate.

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Wise, Real, Men

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The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

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Inspirational, Success, Leadership

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Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

Andrew Carnegie

Success, Work, Empowerment

"Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude". Book by W. Clement Stone, dedication Page, 1960.

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Young man, make your name worth something.

Andrew Carnegie

Men, Names, Young

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Capitalism is about turning luxuries into necessities.

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Luxury, Capitalism

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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

Motivational, Leadership, People

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There are two types of people who never achieve very much in their lifetimes. One is the person who won't do what he or she is told to do, and the other is the person who does no more than he or she is told to do.

Andrew Carnegie

Two, People, Doe

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Born: November 25, 1835
Died: August 11, 1919
Occupation: Business magnate
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