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Andrew Carnegie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 25
Died: 1919
Died: August 11
Business Magnate
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Philanthropist
Endriu Karnegi
A. Carnegie
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The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich
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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.
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I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.
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Young man, make your name worth something.
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The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks
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Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.
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I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work.
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The secret of happiness is renunciation.
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The public only knows one side of [Mark Mark Twain] - the amusing part. Little does it suspect that he was a man of strong convictions upon political and social questions and a moralist of no mean order.
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Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends-the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions.
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The price which society pays for the law of competition, like the price it pays for cheap comforts and luxuries, is great but the advantages of this law are also greater still than its cost- for it is to this law that we owe our wonderful material development, which brings improved conditions in its train.
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Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves.
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I can't afford to pay them any other way.
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The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.
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I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.
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Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There’s always room at the top in every pursuit.
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There is no way of making a business successful that can vie with the policy of promoting those who render exceptional service.
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There are two types of people who never achieve very much in their lifetimes. One is the person who won't do what he or she is told to do, and the other is the person who does no more than he or she is told to do.
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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.
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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.
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