Andrew Carnegie Quotes - Page 2

Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it.

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

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

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

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race for life, nor his nephew, nor his cousin. Let him look out for the dark horse in the boy who begins by sweeping out the office.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

If thou dost not sow, thou shalt not reap.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Young man, make your name worth something.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

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.

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.

Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract your attention.

My hopes were high, and I looked every day for some change to take place. What it was to be I knew not, but that it would come I felt certain if I kept on. One day the chance came.

Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There’s always room at the top in every pursuit.

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

You develop millionaires the way you mine gold. You expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but you don't go into the mine looking for the dirt-you go in looking for the gold.

Do real and permanent good in this world.

Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged... 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket' is all wrong. I tell you 'put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.'

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition.