Private Property, the Law of Accumulation of Wealth, and the Law of Competition... these are the highest results of human experience, the soil in which society so far has produced the best fruit.

The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is great; but the advantages of this law are also greater still than its cost- for it is to this law that we owe our wonderful material development, which brings improved conditions in its train.

A man who was generous with his wealth. It has been reported that during his lifetime, Carnegie gave away over $350 million of his money to help others.

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.'

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

I can't afford to pay them any other way.