Andrew Carnegie

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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.
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The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!
There is little success where there is little laughter.
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
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.
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

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