Andrew Carnegie

"We learn to do something by doing it."

"And here is the beginning of philosophy: admitting that one's views may be wrong."

"The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life."

"What a glorious future the world has before it!"

"The tycoon is but a primitive tribesman writ large."

"I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution."

"There is nothing so disadvantageous to young lawyers as this: to rely too much on their own talents and too little on the aid which books and the experience of others can give them."

"The highest art is the art of living a useful life."

"The secret to success is to do the common thing uncommonly well."

"Steel is king."

"Anything I can do, or think I can do, I can begin it; boldness has genius, magic and power in it."

"When you make a promise, keep it; when you make a deal, stand by it; when you undertake a task, see it through."

"A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing."

"The penny cannot be saved if the pound is wasted."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little, is bound to succeed."

"Rely upon yourself. But in doing so, rely upon experience of the race."

"It is well that the heart should be glad, but the intellect should not be idle."

"The world is full of young men apparently endowed by nature with good capacities, but wanting in the determination to use them."

"Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have the rose."

"Success is the best teacher. Failure just teaches you a lesson."

"The most liberal man is the best republican; the best democrat."

"As long as you live, keep learning how to live."

"There is a class of critics who say, Oh, never mind the practical results; it is not the work we should look to, but the principles involved. These men are usually impractical."

"Everything we do every day affects our chances in the future."

"What does the colonization of the world mean? It means the extension of the best institutions and the best blood."

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

"Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately. This is the only way I can succeed."

"The great discovery of my time has been that a man can change his circumstances by changing his thoughts."

"The man of routine is apt to become too fond of his routine."