Andrew Carnegie Quotes

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

Concentration is my motto – first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

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

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.

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.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

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

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

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