Andrew Carnegie

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

90% of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.

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

There is little success where there is little laughter.

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

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

The relationships we have with people are extremely important to success on and off the job.

Knowledge is that which benefits, not that which is memorised.

Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.

It is true that integrity alone won’t make you a leader, but without integrity you will never be one.

Thought is useful when it motivates for action, and a hindrance when it substitutes for action.

Great people do things before they’re ready.

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

The world’s most deadly disease is hardening of the attitudes.

Be helpful. When you see a person without a smile, give them yours.

Yesterday ended last night. Today is a brand-new day.

A person with a clear purpose will make progress on even the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress even on the smoothest road.

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

See yourself as a work in progress.

It is in the ordinary events of every day that we develop the proactive capacity to handle the extraordinary pressures of life. It’s how we make and keep commitments, how we handle a traffic jam, how we respond to an irate customer or a disobedient child. It’s how we view our problems and where we focus our energies. It’s the language we use.

To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don’t pay the price day in and day out, you’ll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.