Andrew Carnegie Quotes - Page 3

There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money.

Mutual ignorance breeds mutual distrust.

The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is.

Teamwork appears most effective if each individual helps others to succeed, increasing the synergy of that team; ideally, every person will contribute different skills to increase the efficiency of the team and develop its unity.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

One great cause of failure of young men in business is lack of concentration.

Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

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

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

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.

I believe the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master in that line. I have no faith in the policy of scattering one's resources, and in my experience I have rarely if ever met a man who achieved preeminence in money making.. certainly never one in manufacturing.. who was interested in many concerns.

I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.'

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.

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

It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast.

The battle of life is already half won by the young man who is brought in contact with high officials; and the great aim of every boy should be to do something beyond the sphere of his duties- something which attracts the attention of those over him.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

Concentrate your energy, your thoughts and your capital.

Every man gravitates to where he belongs in life, just as surely as water seeks and finds its level. His position is measured precisely by the quality and quantity of the service he renders, plus the mental attitude with which he relates himself to other people.