Andrew Carnegie Quotes & Sayings

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

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

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

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

“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%.”

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

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

“Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.”

“Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.”

“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.”