Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

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.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

There is little success where there is little laughter.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

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.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

Aim for the highest.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

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

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.