Andrew Carnegie Quotes

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.

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

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

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

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.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

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

The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.

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.

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.

The secret of happiness is renunciation.

Capitalism is about turning luxuries into necessities.

Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.

Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

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

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.