The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich.
ANDREW CARNEGIEDo real and permanent good in this world.
More Andrew Carnegie Quotes
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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.
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Young man, make your name worth something.
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All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.
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Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.
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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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And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
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The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
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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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There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.
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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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When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make lemonade.
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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.
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
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Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owing real estate.
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tall oaks from little acorns grow.
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