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
Life is not so much a matter of position as of disposition.
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
Anything in life worth having is worth working for.
Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
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
You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.
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.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it
I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line
There is very little success where there is very little laughter.
While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department. We accept and welcome, therefore, as conditions to which we must accommodate ourselves, great inequality of environment, the concentration of business, industrial and commercial, in the hands of a few, and the law of competition between these, as being not only beneficial, but essential for the future progress of the race.
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.