Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegiewas a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He is often identified as one of the richest people in history, alongside John D. Rockefeller and Jakob Fugger. He built a leadership role as a philanthropist for the United States and the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away to charities, foundations, and universities about $350 million– almost 90 percent of his fortune...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth25 November 1835
CityDunfermline, Scotland
Andrew Carnegie quotes about
I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line
the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.
Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it
It is the mind that makes the body rich.
Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital.... The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.
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.
The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.
There is little success where there is little laughter.
A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.
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.
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.