Andrew Carnegie Quotes to Ignite Your Hustle

Read these Andrew Carnegie quotes to find inspiration and direction from one of the wealthiest men of the 19th century. 

Andrew Carnegie was born in Scotland but immigrated to the United States at the age of 13.

Education was always important to his family although he didn’t have much formal education himself. 

Carnegie was an incredibly hard worker that started at the bottom and worked his way up the ladder.

Eventually, he found himself at the top and one of the wealthiest men in America.

In the later years of his life, Carnegie sold his company for $200 million dollars and focused on philanthropy.

Over the years he donated money to things like libraries and even founded a university.

There’s a lot that we can learn from him. 

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Andrew Carnegie quotes about leadership

1. “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.” – Andrew Carnegie

2. “Be king in your dreams. Make your vow that you will reach that position, with untarnished reputation, and make no other vow to distract your attention.” – Andrew Carnegie

3. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.” – Andrew Carnegie

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4. “There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not want to help themselves.”  – Andrew Carnegie

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5. “You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little.” – Andrew Carnegie

6. “It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.” – Andrew Carnegie

7. “People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” – Andrew Carnegie

8. “I wish to have as my epitaph: Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.” – Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie quotes for business

9. “Concentration is my motto – first honesty, then industry, then concentration.” – Andrew Carnegie

10. “Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves.” – Andrew Carnegie

11. “And the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual but it’s best for the race because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.” – Andrew Carnegie

12. “Concentrate your energy, your thoughts and your capital.”  – Andrew Carnegie

13. “My heart is in the work.”  – Andrew Carnegie

14. “And here is the prime condition of success, the great secret. Concentrate your energy, thoughts and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged in. Having begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line; to lead in it. Adopt every improvement, have the best machinery and know the most about it.” – Andrew Carnegie  

15. “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%.” – Andrew Carnegie

16. “I did not understand steam machinery but I tried to understand much more complicated mechanism; – man.” – Andrew Carnegie

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Andrew Carnegie quotes about success

17. “The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.” – Andrew Carnegie

18. “All achievements, all earned riches have their beginning in an idea.” – Andrew Carnegie

19. “There is little success where there is little laughter.” – Andrew Carnegie

20. “Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There’s always room at the top in every pursuit.” – Andrew Carnegie

21. “There is no class as pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.” – Andrew Carnegie  

22. “The secret of success lies not in doing your own work but in recognizing the best person to do it.” – Andrew Carnegie  

23. “A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune. Young people should know that it can be cultivated; that the mind, like the body can be moved for the shade into sunshine.” – Andrew Carnegie

24. “It is the mind that makes the body rich.” – Andrew Carnegie

25. “People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.” – Andrew Carnegie

26. “Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.” – Andrew Carnegie

Inspirational Andrew Carnegie quotes

27. “I shall argue that strong men conversely know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater purpose.” – Andrew Carnegie

28. “Aim for the highest.” – Andrew Carnegie  

29. “The first man gets the oyster, the second gets the shell.” – Andrew Carnegie

30. “Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.” – Andrew Carnegie

31. “Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.” – Andrew Carnegie

32. “All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.” – Andrew Carnegie

33. “Young man, make your name worth something.” – Andrew Carnegie

34. “Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!” – Andrew Carnegie

35. “Anything worth having is worth working for.” – Andrew Carnegie  

36. “Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.” – Andrew Carnegie  

37. “The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he justly entitled.” – Andrew Carnegie

38. “It is trying to be other than one’s self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead.” – Andrew Carnegie  

A few more Andrew Carnegie quotes

39. “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say, I just watch what they do.” – Andrew Carnegie

40. “The man who dies rich dies in disgrace.” – Andrew Carnegie

41. “Wealth is not to feed the egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.” – Andrew Carnegie

42. “I began to learn what poverty meant. It was burnt in my heart then that my father had to beg for work and there came the resolve that I would cure that when I got to be a man.” – Andrew Carnegie

43. “I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.” – Andrew Carnegie  

44. “Whatever I engage in, I push inordinately.” – Andrew Carnegie

45. “No man becomes rich without himself enriching others.” – Andrew Carnegie

46. “Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.” – Andrew Carnegie

47. “All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.” – Andrew Carnegie

48. “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” – Andrew Carnegie  

49. “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.” – Andrew Carnegie

50. “Do real and permanent good in this world.” – Andrew Carnegie  

Which of these Andrew Carnegie quotes inspired you to achieve a higher level of success?

If you’re ready to experience more success in your own life, these quotes from Andrew Carnegie can help you learn things you should do as well as things you shouldn’t.

Whether you need a little inspiration to keep going in your job, to help you start your own business, or in another area of your life, there are quotes above that can help you achieve your success. 

And don’t forget that professional success and money is not everything.

Andrew Carnegie wasn’t just focused on making money and growing his success.

He also donated throughout his life to worthy causes that would benefit the community around him.

That’s what true success is. 

What’s your biggest takeaway from these Andrew Carnegie quotes and sayings?

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