Andrew Carnegie

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

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

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

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

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

Aim for the highest

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

Many people fail in life, not for lack of ability or brains or even courage, but simply because they have never organised their energies around a goal.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

It’s not what you’ve got, it’s what you use that makes a difference.

My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family.

There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.

It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.

Life is about growing and evolving. I feel like my life has been in stages, and the stages I went through when I was younger allowed me to grow into the man I am today.

The best way to get a better answer is to start asking a better question.

Never, ever give up. There will be times in your life you’ll want to quit, you’ll want to go home, you’ll want to go home perhaps to that wonderful mother that’s sitting back there watching you and say, ‘Mom, I can’t do it. I can’t do it.’ Just never quit. Go back home and tell mom, dad, ‘I can do it, I can do it. I will do it.’ You’re going to be successful.

The great majority of people are wandering generalities rather than meaningful specifics. The fact is that you can’t hit a target that you can’t see. If you don’t know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else. You have to have goals.

Honesty and integrity are by far the most important assets of an entrepreneur.

Some people make things happen, some people watch things happen, and some ask what happened.

And if it can’t be fun, what’s the point?

Everyone lives by selling something.