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.
Andrew CarnegieThe Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.
Andrew CarnegieA library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.
Andrew CarnegieIn [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man.
Andrew CarnegieI 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.
Andrew Carnegie