Andrew Carnegie

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

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

There is little success where there is little laughter.

Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

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

Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

You don’t drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.

If you don’t get out there and try to solve your own problems, it’s never going to change.

If you go looking for a friend, you’re going to find they’re very scarce. If you go out to be a friend, you’ll find them everywhere.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

Yes, it’s absolutely true that anything worth doing is worth doing poorly – until you can learn to do it well.

Your income rarely exceeds your personal development.

Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word: excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.

I was once afraid of people saying ‘Who does she think she is?’ Now I have the courage to stand and say, ‘This is who I am.

I have learned that what is essential can sometimes be invisible to the eye. That’s where discernment comes in.

A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.