Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist, business magnate, and philanthropist. Here are 25 Best Andrew Carnegie Quotes.
Andrew Carnegie Quotes
1. “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” – Andrew Carnegie
2. “You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little.” – Andrew Carnegie
3. “And the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual but it’s best for the race because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.” – Andrew Carnegie
4. “A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune. Young people should know that it can be cultivated; that the mind, like the body can be moved for the shade into sunshine.” – Andrew Carnegie
5. “Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was because you wanted something. Aim for the highest and when it’s a question of God’s almighty spirit. Never say I can’t.” – Andrew Carnegie
6. “It is the mind that makes the body rich.” – Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie Quotes
7. “There is little success, where there is little laughter.” – Andrew Carnegie
8. “Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of his community.” – Andrew Carnegie
9. “No man becomes rich without himself enriching others.” – Andrew Carnegie
10. “The man who dies rich dies in disgrace.” – Andrew Carnegie
11. “When I did big things, some large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were behind me and responsible party.” – Andrew Carnegie
12. “I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.” – Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie Quotes
13. “No person will make a great business; who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.” – Andrew Carnegie
14. “No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.” – Andrew Carnegie
15. “I did not understand steam machinery but I tried to understand much more complicated mechanism; – man.” – Andrew Carnegie
16. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.” – Andrew Carnegie
17. “There is no class as pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.” – Andrew Carnegie
18. “The first man gets the oyster, the second gets the shell.” – Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie Quotes
19. “Mr. Morgan buys his partners, I grow my own.” – Andrew Carnegie
20. “People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.” – Andrew Carnegie
21. “The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.” – Andrew Carnegie
22. “All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.” – Andrew Carnegie
23. “The secret of success lies not in doing your own work but in recognizing the best person to do it.” – Andrew Carnegie
24. “All achievements, all earned riches have their beginning in an idea.” – Andrew Carnegie
25. “Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.” – Andrew Carnegie