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Find important quotes and citations by the author Andrew Carnegie.
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The man who dies rich dies disgracedQuote 2430
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principleMore quotes on the topics: strength tolerance principle changes opinion understanding
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There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himselfMore quotes on the topics: help willpower indifference effort
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Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentrationQuote 2427
Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinatelyMore quotes on the topics: diligence effort success performance
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People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talentsMore quotes on the topics: people talent satisfaction indifference
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There is little success where there is little laughterMore quotes on the topics: success humor cheerfulness happiness
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The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do itMore quotes on the topics: secret success work recognition knowledge help
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He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slaveQuote 2422
No man can become rich without himself enriching othersQuote 2421
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing itMore quotes on the topics: egoism reward performance respect authority
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they doMore quotes on the topics: indifference example attention self-development learning speech
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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 is justly entitledMore quotes on the topics: ability possession mind chance performance success power education self-confidence
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I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that lineMore quotes on the topics: truth success performance learning diligence self-development
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There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing elseMore quotes on the topics: money property mankind stupidity misery character
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I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distributionMore quotes on the topics: seriousness wisdom property justice
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Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted somethingMore quotes on the topics: activity performance birth intentions desires self-development
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It is the mind that makes the body richQuote 2413
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 compromisedMore quotes on the topics: morality tolerance weakness principle sign authority strength
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Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!More quotes on the topics: success optimism self-confidence glory future performance
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The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basketMore quotes on the topics: performance richness attention property money
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Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairsMore quotes on the topics: power secret birth affair control
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The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.More quotes on the topics: success choice decision performance
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Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itselfMore quotes on the topics: duty effort performance future carefulness reward
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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 departmentMore quotes on the topics: law individualism effort power performance business
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When it is a question of God's almighty spirit, never say "I can't"More quotes on the topics: god spirit self-confidence
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The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationshipMore quotes on the topics: presence age mankind administration wealth richness poverty harmony
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Those who would administer wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charityMore quotes on the topics: administration wisdom seriousness improvement charity
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The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shellMore quotes on the topics: admiration dissapointment reward success performance
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I would as soon leave to my son a curse as the almighty DollarMore quotes on the topics: property richness money duty problems