Andrew Carnegie Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• 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

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspiration, People, Giving

• 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.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Thinking, Giving, Complaining

• 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

  Mother, Teacher, Children

• 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

  Atheist, Giving, Religion

• It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Giving, Charity, Firsts

• 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

  Giving, Half, Firsts

• I demand riches in definite terms; I have a definite plan for acquiring riches;I am engaged in carrying out my plan, and I am giving an equivalent,in useful service, of the value of those riches I demand.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Giving, Demand, Riches

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Wise

  Andrew Carnegie (2014). “The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and His Essay: The Gospel of Wealth”, p.186, Courier Corporation

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Giving, Purpose, Rich

• The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Giving, Democracy, Realization

• Give me a man with an average ability but a burning desire to succeed and I will give you a winner in exchange every time.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Men, Average, Giving

• I will give a million dollars for any convincing proof of a future life.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Giving, Dollars, Proof

• 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

  Agency, People, Giving

• 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

  Names, Giving, Sound

  Andrew Carnegie (2015). “Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie: Top Biography”, p.139, 谷月社

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