Andrew Carnegie

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.

Andrew Carnegie

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

Andrew Carnegie

Teamwork appears most effective if each individual helps others to succeed, increasing the synergy of that team; ideally, every person will contribute different skills to increase the efficiency of the team and develop its unity.

Andrew Carnegie

The battle of life is already half won by the young man who is brought personally in contact with high officials; and the great aim of every boy should be to do something beyond the sphere of his duties – something which attracts the attention of those over him.

Andrew Carnegie

The man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result, not of chance, but of well-devised means for the attainment of ends.

Andrew Carnegie

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.

Andrew Carnegie

The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.

Andrew Carnegie

The morality of compromise sounds contradictory.

Andrew Carnegie

The only irreplaceable capital an organization possesses is the knowledge and ability of its people. The productivity of that capital depends on how effectively people share their competence with those who can use it.

Andrew Carnegie

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage – they have little competition.

Andrew Carnegie