Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none. Andrew Carnegie More Quotes by Andrew Carnegie More Quotes From Andrew Carnegie You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big. Andrew Carnegie givingbelievethinking There is a power under your control that is greater than poverty, greater than the lack of education, greater than all your fears and superstitions combined. It is the power to take possession of your own mind and direct it to whatever ends you may desire. Andrew Carnegie minddesiremotivational Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves. Andrew Carnegie inspirationgivingpeople The first thing to do about an obstacle is simply to stand up to it and not complain about it or whine under it but forthrightly attack it. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle. Andrew Carnegie complaininggivingthinking The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich Andrew Carnegie doediscoverymen Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate. More money has been made in real estate than in all industrial investments combined. The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate. Andrew Carnegie realwisemen No man becomes rich unless he enriches others. Andrew Carnegie become-richrichmen People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents. Andrew Carnegie perseverancesuccessmotivational 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. Andrew Carnegie teamworkleadershipinspirational 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. Andrew Carnegie leadershipmotivationalpeople Young man, make your name worth something. Andrew Carnegie namesyoungmen The day is not far distant when the man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer during life, will pass away unwept, unhonored, and unsung, no matter to what uses he leave the dross which he cannot take with him. Of such as these the public verdict will then be: The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced. Such, in my opinion, is the true gospel concerning wealth, obedience to which is destined some day to solve the problem of the rich and the poor. Andrew Carnegie leavingpassing-awaymen I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest. Andrew Carnegie law-of-attractionpowermind Every man gravitates to where he belongs in life, just as surely as water seeks and finds its level. His position is measured precisely by the quality and quantity of the service he renders, plus the mental attitude with which he relates himself to other people. Andrew Carnegie attitudemenpeople If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes. Andrew Carnegie militaryhappyhappiness I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm. Andrew Carnegie halfgivingfirsts You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself. Andrew Carnegie climbsladderslittles Mutual ignorance breeds mutual distrust. Andrew Carnegie mutualdistrustignorance The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do. Andrew Carnegie positivityleadershippeople It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone. Andrew Carnegie team-buildingjobspeople
