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.
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.
More Andrew Carnegie Quotes
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Wealth is not to feed our egos, but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.
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I don’t believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.
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When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make lemonade.
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Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
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There is little success where there is little laughter.
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Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.
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All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.
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There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.
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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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We cannot afford to lose the Negro. We have urgent need of all and more. Let us therefore turn our efforts to making the best of him.
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The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich.
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Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
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That best portion of a good man’s life— His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.
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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.
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A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.
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