Top 31 Quotes by Andrew Carnegie

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.