Quotes by : Andrew Carnegie

The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

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

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission....

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

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

This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: To set an example of modest, unostentatious....

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

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

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

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.