Andrew Carnegie Quotes

It was from my own early experience that I decided there was no use to which money could be applied so productive of good to girls and boys who have good within them and ability and ambition to develop it as the founding of a public library.

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.'

Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it.

Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.

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

What one does easily, one does well.

He that cannot reason is a fool.

Three generations from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one.

Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.

Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.

Golf is an indispensable adjunct to high civilisation.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.