I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.
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Other Andrew Carnegie quotes:
I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work.
Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks.
One of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity.
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.
Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
What one does easily, one does well.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.
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.
