Andrew Carnegie Quotes About Wealth

Quotes about: Wealth

• There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Office, Democracy, Library

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspiration, People, Giving

• The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Motivational, Men

  "Wealth," North American Review, June 1889

• Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Time, Community

  "Wealth," North American Review, June 1889

• Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Eggs, Vaccines, Business Success

  "James Watt".

• The man of wealth [should] consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer to produce the most beneficial results for the community - the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience and ability to administer, doing for them better than that they would or could do for themselves.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Men, Wisdom Experience, Community

• The day is not far distant when the man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer during life, will pass away unwept, unhonored, and unsung, no matter to what uses he leave the dross which he cannot take with him. Of such as these the public verdict will then be: The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced. Such, in my opinion, is the true gospel concerning wealth, obedience to which is destined some day to solve the problem of the rich and the poor.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Men, Leaving, Passing Away

  "The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and His Essay The Gospel of Wealth". Book by Andrew Carnegie, 2014.

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

  Andrew Carnegie

  Sacred, Wealth, Surplus

• 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

  Ties, Brotherhood, Age

  Andrew Carnegie (2006). “The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings”, p.12, Penguin

• 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

• 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

  Helping Others, Men, Generosity

• Not evil, but good, has come to the race from the accumulation of wealth by those who have the ability and energy that produce it.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Race, Evil, Energy

  Andrew Carnegie (2006). “The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings”, p.14, Penguin

• 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

  Men, Leaving, Passing Away

  "The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays". Book by Andrew Carnegie, 1900.

• 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

  Law, Competition, Soil

  Andrew Carnegie (2006). “The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings”, p.15, Penguin

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