Andrew Carnegie Giving Quotations

You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.

The first thing to do about an obstacle is simply to stand up to it and not complain about it or whine under it but forthrightly attack it. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.

I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.

I demand riches in definite terms; I have a definite plan for acquiring riches;I am engaged in carrying out my plan, and I am giving an equivalent,in useful service, of the value of those riches I demand.

Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.

I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves.

The sound rule in busi­ness is that you may give money freely when you have a sur­plus, but your name never-nei­ther as en­dorser nor as mem­ber of a cor­po­ra­tion with in­di­vid­ual li­a­bil­ity

I will give a million dollars for any convincing proof of a future life.

Give me a man with an average ability but a burning desire to succeed and I will give you a winner in exchange every time.

I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.

The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.

The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.