Andrew Carnegie

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

Aim for the highest.

Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

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

There is little success where there is little laughter.

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

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 entitled.

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

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

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

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 compromised.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

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

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.