Andrew Carnegie

"Scotland has the honor of being the birth place of such a man."

"I could no more rest in that conviction than in the waters that supply my baths."

"The great end of life is not knowledge but action."

"What is the most popular religion in the world? The worship of wealth."

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

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

"There is little success where there is little laughter."

"Do not look for heavy diamonds now in the near future. Look for the steady improvement of the individual."

"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; and third, common sense."

"A man who acquires great wealth may lose his heart in the process, but a man who acquires great character never loses anything."

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

"Feeling right is more important than being right."

"The man who dies rich dies disgraced."

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

"Young man, make yourself necessary to someone."

"The gospel of wealth but echoes Christ's words more or less exactly."

"It marks a big step in his development when he comes to realize that other people can help him do a thing better than he can do it himself."

"Concentrate yourself wholly on the work at hand."

"I would as soon leave to my son a curse as the almighty dollar."

"The only way to get back on your feet is to get off your bottom."

"The man who has the largest capacity for taking pains will carry off the palm."

"Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision."

"The average man is always waiting for his chance to come."

"Close scrutiny will show that there is far more dynamic activity in the world than ever before."

"A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people."

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

"The person who says it is impossible should not interrupt the person doing it."

"In my day, the library was either very scant or entirely lacking. Now a library is as common as a public school."

"All honor to the man who can cheerfully put aside the pleasant pursuits of peace and take up the rough work of war."

"The struggle for existence is terrible in magnitude and in its bitter earnestness."