Andrew Carnegie Quotes

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

air castles are often within our grasp late in life, but then they charm not.

Among the conditions of life or the laws of Nature, some of which seem to us faulty, some apparently unjust and merciless, there are many that amaze us by their beauty and sweetness. Love of home, regardless of its character or location, certainly is one of these.

Nothing man has discovered or imagined is to be named with the steam engine. It has no fellow. Franklin capturing the lightning, Morse annihilating space with the telegraph, Bell transmitting speech through the air by the telephone, are not less mysterious — being more ethereal, perhaps in one sense they are even more so — still, the labor of the world performed by heating cold water places Watt and his steam engine in a class apart by itself.

This is where the children of honest poverty have the most precious of all advantages over those of wealth. The mother, nurse, cook, governess, teacher, saint, all in one; the father, exemplar, guide, counselor, and friend! Thus were my brother and I brought up. What has the child of millionaire or nobleman that counts compared to such a heritage?

I believe that higher wages to men who respect their employers and are happy and contented are a good investment, yielding, indeed, big dividends.

"Let there be light." This

He that cannot reason is a fool, He that will not a bigot, He that dare not a slave.

Certainly the man who makes his own wealth eclipses those who inherit rank from others.” I

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

If we truly care for others we need not be anxious about their feelings for us. Like draws to like.

"Boulton sold the estate which had come to him by his wife, and the greater part of his father's property, and mortgaged the remainder. It is evident that the great captain had taken in hand far too many enterprises. Probably he had not heard the new doctrine: "Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

East or West Home is best.

Есть два типа людей, которые никогда не добиваются в жизни особых высот. Первый тип — это те, кто не делает того, что им говорят. А второй — те, кто делает не больше того, что им сказали.

tall oaks from little acorns grow.