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And there is no use whatever, gentlemen, trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Andrew Carnegie

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Andrew Carnegie
Age: 83 †
Born: 1835
Born: November 25
Died: 1919
Died: August 11
Business Magnate
Economist
Entrepreneur
Industrialist
Merchant
Philanthropist
Endriu Karnegi
A. Carnegie
Help
Ladders
Whatever
Gentlemen
Use
Climb
Helping
Climbs
Cannot
Push
Little
Charity
Trying
Unless
People
Willing
Ladder

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