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When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

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

A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never faili...

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Not only had I got rid of the theology and the supernatural, but I had found the truth of evolution.

The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies be...

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If the newspapers begin to publish stories about wars, and the people begin to think and talk of war...

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

This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious...

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The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its ha...

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

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

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

There is little success where there is little laughter.

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

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

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

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Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the ...

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The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an a...

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

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

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I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be co...

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And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, ...

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Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his life-time for the...

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All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

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Andrew Carnegie

Business magnate

Born: 1835-11-25

Died: 1919-08-11

Andrew Carnegie (25 November 1835 – 11 August 1919) was a Scottish-American businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company, which later became U.S. Steel.More