50+ Andrew Carnegie Quotes | Minimalist Quotes

The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich.
ANDREW CARNEGIE

Astonishment Deep Discover Great Life Man Myself One Liner Rich
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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Care Daily Diet Food Growth Man Mental Plan Program Read
There is little success where there is little laughter.
ANDREW CARNEGIE

Laughter Little Success
It is the mind that makes the body rich. There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
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Body Class Deep Mind Money Pity Possess Rich Wretch
Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.
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Boy Core Enter Heart Myself Tear
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
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Impress Mediocre Motivation People Satisfy Talent
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes
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Command Energy Goal Happy Hope Inspire Liberate Thought Yourself
It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.
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Alone Better Big Development Job People Realize Step Yourself
Young man, make your name worth something.
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Inspirational Man Name One Liner Worth Young
A 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.
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Ability Acquire Man Mind Possession
Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owing real estate.
ANDREW CARNEGIE

Millionaire Own Real Estate
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.
ANDREW CARNEGIE

Believe Citizen God Good Life Man Myself Patriot Problem Solve Teaching Yourself
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
ANDREW CARNEGIE

Deep Man One Liner Oyster Shell
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.
ANDREW CARNEGIE

Act Believe Big Forgive Give Inspirational Laugh Live Love Think Work Yourself
tall oaks from little acorns grow.
ANDREW CARNEGIE

Acorn Growth Little Oak Tall
You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little.
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Climb Ladder Little Push Yourself
The man who dies rich, dies disgraced
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Death Grace Man Rich
That best portion of a good man’s life— His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.
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Best Good Kind Life Love Man Portion
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
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Bigot Dare Fool Himself Reason Slave
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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Benefit Community Desert Fail Library People Spring Thing
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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Afford Best Effort Himself Lose Need Urgent
I am as a speck of dust in the sun, and not even so much, in this solemn, mysterious, unknowable universe.
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Dust Myself Mystery Philosophy Solemn Sun Universe
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
ANDREW CARNEGIE

Action Attention Growth Less Man Myself Old Pay
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.
ANDREW CARNEGIE

Action Attention Growth Myself Old Pay People
When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make lemonade.
ANDREW CARNEGIE

Fate Hands Lemon Lemonade Try
TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results.
ANDREW CARNEGIE

Achieve Common Fuel People Result Team Work
All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.
ANDREW CARNEGIE

Alter Attitude Human Inspirational Live One Liner

Andrew Carnegie Quotes

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