Quotes from Andrew Carnegie

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

Young man, make your name worth something.

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

A man's reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

One great cause of failure of young men in business is lack of concentration.

Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time.

Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

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.'

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself

There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it

In [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man.

Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.

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.

A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle.

The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate.

To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one.

You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.