236 Quotes by Andrew Carnegie

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition.

The first thing to do about an obstacle is simply to stand up to it and not complain about it or whine under it but forthrightly attack it. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.

Golf is an indispensable adjunct to high civilisation.

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.

Not evil, but good, has come to the race from the accumulation of wealth by those who have the ability and energy that produce it.

The secret of happiness is renunciation.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.

There is a power under your control that is greater than poverty, greater than the lack of education, greater than all your fears and superstitions combined. It is the power to take possession of your own mind and direct it to whatever ends you may desire.