50+ Best Andrew Carnegie Quotes To Inspire You

Andrew Carnegie quotes will always take care of your hunger for the grains of success.

Andrew Carnegie quote is a huge category of quotes with a plethora of empowering life rules and words of wisdom to keep havoc at bay. He is also known as a philanthropist as he had over a million charities and foundations.

Andrew Carnegie was touted as the richest American, was a Scottish-American Industrialist who expanded the steel industry of America back in the 19th century, and his company, Carnegie Steel created world history.  His family are still wealthy today, in fact. Andrew Carnegie lived by his most famous words, which are, "The man who acquires the ability to walk on his path of success gets to unleash grains of success, but one must be content with mediocrity no matter how impressive their riches is because if not they can be pitiably wretched".

Andrew Carnegie has left us with treasures of words and quotes to inspire and build a stronger society with more successful men in the upcoming centuries. If you like this, check out our Andy Frisella quotes and [Andy Griffith quotes] for more inspiration.

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If you are unable to motivate yourself for work then here is a list of Andrew Carnegie quotes that can help you. These quotes will serve you with drizzles of inspiration to help you grow.

1. "You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little himself."

- Andrew Carnegie.

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

- Andrew Carnegie.

3. "Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was because you wanted something. Aim for the highest and when it’s a question of God’s almighty spirit. Never say I can’t."

- Andrew Carnegie.

4. "The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it."

- Andrew Carnegie.

5. "Concentrate your energies, your thoughts, and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket."

- Andrew Carnegie.

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

- Andrew Carnegie.

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

- Andrew Carnegie.

8. "Concentrate your energy, your thoughts, and your capital."

- Andrew Carnegie.

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

- Andrew Carnegie.

10. "I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line."

- Andrew Carnegie.

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

- Andrew Carnegie, 'Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie', 1920.

12. "The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket."

- Andrew Carnegie.

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

- Andrew Carnegie.

14. "My heart is in the work."

- Andrew Carnegie.

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15. "Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself."

- Andrew Carnegie.

16. "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."

- Andrew Carnegie.

17. "The experienced in affairs always rate the MAN whose services can be obtained as a partner as not only the first consideration but such as to render the question of his capital scarcely worth considering, for such men soon create capital; while, without the special talent required, capital soon takes wings."

- Andrew Carnegie, 'The Gospel Of Wealth', 1889.

18. "No, your Majesty, I do not like kings, but I do like a man be­hind a king when I find him."

- Andrew Carnegie, 'Autobiography Of Andrew Carnegie', 1920.

19. "There are instances of millionaires' sons unspoiled by wealth, who, being rich, still perform great services in the community. Such are the very salt of the earth, as valuable as, unfortunately, they are rare."

- Andrew Carnegie, 'The Gospel Of Wealth', 1889.

20. "You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big, and live big."

- Andrew Carnegie

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

- 'Miscellaneous Writings Of Andrew Carnegie', 1968.

22. "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."

- Andrew Carnegie.

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

- Andrew Carnegie.

24. "Air castles are often within our grasp late in life, but then they charm not.”

- Andy Carnegie, 'Autobiography Of Andrew Carnegie', 1920.

25. "No man can become rich without himself enriching others."

- Andrew Carnegie.

26. "Of every thousand dollars spent in so called charity to-day, it is probable that $950 is unwisely spent; so spent, indeed as to produce the very evils which it proposes to mitigate or cure."

- Andrew Carnegie, 'The Gospel Of Wealth', 1889.

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

- Andrew Carnegie.

28. "All honor's wounds are self-inflicted."

- Andrew Carnegie.

29. "Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none."

- Andrew Carnegie, 'The Gospel Of Wealth', 2006.

30. "Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves."

- Andrew Carnegie.

31. "I wish to have as my epitaph: Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more."

- Andrew Carnegie.

32. "The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money."

- Andrew Carnegie.

33. "Young man, make your name worth something."

- Andrew Carnegie.

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

- Andrew Carnegie.

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

- Andrew Carnegie, 'The Gospel Of Wealth', 1889.

36. "Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately."

- Andrew Carnegie, 'The Autobiography Of Andrew Carnegie', 2015.

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

- Andrew Carnegie.

38. "The 'good old times' were not good old times. Neither master nor servant was as well situated then as to-day."

- Andrew Carnegie, 'The Gospel Of Wealth', 1889.

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

- Andrew Carnegie, 'The Autobiography Of Andrew Carnegie', 1920.

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

- Andrew Carnegie.

Teamwork is one of the important aspects of success. Andrew Carnegie quotes about teamwork will help you mend your future into a powerful one.

41. "Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results."

- Andrew Carnegie.

42. "Success can be attained in any branch of human labor. There is always room at the top in every pursuit. Concentrate all your thought and energy upon the performance of your duties."

- Andrew Carnegie.

43. "No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it."

- Andrew Carnegie.

44. "Teamwork appears most effective if each individual helps others to succeed."

- Andrew Carnegie.

45. "And the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual but it’s best for the race because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department."

- Andrew Carnegie, 'The Gospel Of Wealth', 1889.

46. "No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit."

- Andrew Carnegie.

47. "Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one."

- Andrew Carnegie.

Andrew Carnegie quotes on libraries will inspire. These Andrew Carnegie speeches or words on the importance of libraries and books to push you towards your goals.

48. "A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never-failing spring in the desert."

- Andrew Carnegie.

49. "If it is right that schools should be maintained by the whole community for the well-being of the whole, it is right also that libraries should be so maintained."

- Andrew Carnegie.

50. "There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration."

- Andrew Carnegie.

51. "I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves."

- Andrew Carnegie.

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