Andrew Carnegie

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of your own making.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the ability to act effectively, in spite of fear.

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has been described as founder of the Bull Moose Party, the man who led his troops up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War, a big game hunter, family man, civic servant and a host of other things.

The greatest cause of a poor image is the absence of unconditional love.

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

You’ve got to be before you can do and do before you can have.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

You would worry less about what people think, if you knew how little they did.

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

Attitude, not aptitude, determines altitude.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all.

Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.