36 Powerful Andrew Carnegie Quotes About Strength

You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.

There is a power under your control that is greater than poverty, greater than the lack of education, greater than all your fears and superstitions combined. It is the power to take possession of your own mind and direct it to whatever ends you may desire.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

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

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.

All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.

It is the mind that makes the body rich.

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 from the shade into sunshine.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

All honor’s wounds are self-inflicted.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is.

Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I’ll show you a winner every time.

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

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

Concentration is my motto – first honesty, then industry, then concentration.

I believe that the true road to preeminent success in any line is to make yourself master of that line.

The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks.

Don’t be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It’s the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.

Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There’s always room at the top in every pursuit.

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

The organized thinker never gives up anything he undertakes until he has exhausted every effort to finish it.

Aim for the highest.

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

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one.

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.

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

The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

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

There is little success where there is little laughter.

The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.

There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.