Andrew Carnegie Men Quotations

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.

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

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.

Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking, it is not well for the children that they should be so burdened.

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.

The man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was his to administer during his life, will pass away unwept, unhonoured and insung no matter to what uses he leaves the dross which he cannot take with him.

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

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

The battle of life is already half won by the young man who is brought in contact with high officials; and the great aim of every boy should be to do something beyond the sphere of his duties- something which attracts the attention of those over him.

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

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

Give me a man with an average ability but a burning desire to succeed and I will give you a winner in exchange every time.

The public only knows one side of [Mark Mark Twain] - the amusing part. Little does it suspect that he was a man of strong convictions upon political and social questions and a moralist of no mean order.

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

Nothing tells in the long run like a good judgment, and no sound judgment can remain with the man whose mind is disturbed by the mercurial changes of the stock exchange. It places him under an influence akin to intoxication. What is not, he sees, and what he sees, is not.

I began to learn what poverty meant. It was burnt in my heart then that my father had to beg for work and there came the resolve that I would cure that when I got to be a man.

The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.

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.

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.'

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

The man of wealth [should] consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer to produce the most beneficial results for the community - the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience and ability to administer, doing for them better than that they would or could do for themselves.

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

No man can become rich without himself enriching others

I have never known a concern to make a decided success that did not do good, honest work, and even in these days of fiercest competition, when everything would seem to be a matter of price, there lies still at the root of great business success the very much more important factor of quality. The effect of attention to quality, upon every man in the service, from the president of the concern down to the humblest laborer, cannot be overestimated.

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

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.

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

Do not think a man has done his full duty when he has performed the work assigned him. A man will never rise if he does only this. Promotion comes from exceptional work.

The day is not far distant when the man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer during life, will pass away unwept, unhonored, and unsung, no matter to what uses he leave the dross which he cannot take with him. Of such as these the public verdict will then be: The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced. Such, in my opinion, is the true gospel concerning wealth, obedience to which is destined some day to solve the problem of the rich and the poor.

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

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

Young man, make your name worth something.

Every man gravitates to where he belongs in life, just as surely as water seeks and finds its level. His position is measured precisely by the quality and quantity of the service he renders, plus the mental attitude with which he relates himself to other people...

Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate. More money has been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined. The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate.