Perhaps the most tragic thing about mankind is that we are all dreaming about some magical garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses that are right outside today.
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Other Andrew Carnegie quotes:
What one does easily, one does well.
All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.
I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.
A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.
Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.
Put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.
The man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free to him to administer during life, will pass away 'unwept, unhonoured and unsung,' no matter to what uses he leaves the dross which he cannot take with him.
You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.
