Andrew Carnegie
was a Scottish-American businessman and industrialist. He created the Carnegie
Steel Company that later changed to the U.S. Steel Company.
Carnegie is
the second richest man in history (after John D. Rockefeller) as he was
estimated to have had a worth of $310 billion in 2008 dollars (adjusted for
inflation) by Forbes.
Here are
some of his quotes for you to explore this week:
“The average person puts only 25% of his
energy and ability into his work. The world takes off his hats 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%.”
“Concentrate your energies, your thoughts
and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the
basket.”
“He that cannot reason is a fool. He that
will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.”
“A library outranks any other one thing a
community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the
desert”
“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.”
“I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know
when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a
greater principle.”
“No man will make a great leader who want to
do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.”
“People who are unable to motivate
themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their
other talents.”
“There is no class so pitiably wretched as
that which possesses money and nothing else.”
“When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to
make lemonade.”
Have a great week.
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One of the greatest i know if not the greatest man. THANKS. olu i am back your new number pls.
ReplyDeleteThat's true. One the men that impacted greatly during the 19th century.
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