Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegiewas a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He is often identified as one of the richest people in history, alongside John D. Rockefeller and Jakob Fugger. He built a leadership role as a philanthropist for the United States and the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away to charities, foundations, and universities about $350 million– almost 90 percent of his fortune...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth25 November 1835
CityDunfermline, Scotland
No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors......Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory.
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it
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
Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital.... The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket.
the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding.
I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line
You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.
It is the mind that makes the body rich.