Quotes by Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie

American industrialist

Alive from: 1835-1919

Category: Economists and businessmen

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  People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
  

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  The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he justly entitled.

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  Aim for the highest.

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  All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

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  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.

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  As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.

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

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  Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket...

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

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

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  Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

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

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  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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  Here lies a man who knew how to enlist in his service better men than himself.
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  Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself.