Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on November 25, 1835. He was the first son of William Carnegie, a linen weaver and local leader of the Chartists (who sought to improve the conditions of working-class life in Great Britain), and of Margaret Carnegie, daughter of Thomas Morrison, a shoemaker and political and social reformer.
Quotes of Andrew Carnegie :
1. “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.”
― Andrew Carnegie
2. “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.”
― Andrew Carnegie
3. “People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.”
― Andrew Carnegie
4. “There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.”
― Andrew Carnegie
5. “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.”
― Andrew Carnegie
6. “When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make lemonade.”
― Andrew Carnegie
7. “A 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.”
― Andrew Carnegie
8. “No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.”
― Andrew Carnegie
9. “He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.”
― Andrew Carnegie
10. “Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”
― Andrew Carnegie
BY SHWETA TIWARI
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