Andrew Carnegie

The contrast between the palace of the millionaire and the cottage of the laborer with us to-day measures the change which has come with civilization.

A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune.

The "good old times" were not good old times.

Upon such trifles do the most momentous consequences hang. A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations.

It is a waste of time to criticise the inevitable.

The fundamental advantage of a library is that it gives nothing for nothing.

The poor enjoy what the rich could not before afford.

"All right, my boy! the good gods were with you, but don't do it again!"

Rigid Castes are formed, and, as usual, mutual ignorance breeds mutual distrust.

If you placed your hand on the balustrade of the stair it came away black; if you washed face and hands they were as dirty as ever in an hour.

It must either go forward or fall behind: to stand still is impossible.

"The sheriff can't get us when you are gone if I don't sign any notes, can he?"

Our duty is with what is practicable now; with the next step possible in our day and generation.

Thenceforth I never worked for a salary.

It is criminal to waste our energies in endeavoring to uproot, when all we can profitably or possibly accomplish is to bend the universal tree of humanity a little in the direction most favorable to the production of good fruit under existing circumstances.

A wise man is the confirmed optimist.

Why should men leave great fortunes to their children?

I determined that the proper policy was "to put all good eggs in one basket and then watch that basket."

It is well to remember that it requires the exercise of not less ability than that which acquired the wealth to use it so as to be really beneficial to the community.

Every author is prone to believe sweet words.