Andrew Carnegie Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Andrew Carnegie quotes, Andrew Carnegie sayings, and Andrew Carnegie proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

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
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. Andrew Carnegie
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave. Andrew Carnegie
Concentration is my motto first honesty, then industry, then concentration. Andrew Carnegie
Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration. Andrew Carnegie
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it. Andrew Carnegie
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. Andrew Carnegie
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
You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little. Andrew Carnegie
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. Andrew Carnegie
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. Andrew Carnegie
You develop millionaires the way you mine gold. You expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but you don't go into the mine looking for the dirt-you go in looking for the gold. Andrew Carnegie
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
TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results. Andrew Carnegie
There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money. Andrew Carnegie
You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best. Andrew Carnegie
TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results. Andrew Carnegie
Teamwork appears most effective if each individual helps others to succeed, increasing the synergy of that team; ideally, every person will contribute different skills to increase the efficiency of the team and develop its unity. Andrew Carnegie
The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich. Andrew Carnegie
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell. Andrew Carnegie
The only irreplaceable capital an organization possesses is the knowledge and ability of its people. The productivity of that capital depends on how effectively people share their competence with those who can use it. Andrew Carnegie
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else. Andrew Carnegie
Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best. Andrew Carnegie
TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results. Andrew Carnegie
The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it. Andrew Carnegie
If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes. Andrew Carnegie
The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%. Andrew Carnegie
The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do. Andrew Carnegie
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. Andrew Carnegie
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