In my own house I rigged up a laboratory and studied chemistry in the evenings, determined that there should be nothing in the manufacture of steel that I would not know. Although I had received no technical education I made myself master of chemistry and of the laboratory, which proved of lasting value.

Nothing is more fatal to success than taking one's job as a matter of course.

There is not a man in power at our Bethlehem steel works today who did not begin at the bottom and work his way up.

I disagreed with Carnegie's ideas on how best to distribute his wealth. I spent mine!

Don't be reluctant about putting on overalls!

Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves.

What we must seek is a plan by which the men will receive high wages when the employers are receiving high prices for the product.