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

One great cause of failure of young men in business is lack of concentration.

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

A business is seldom if ever built up except on lines of strictest integrity.

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

Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself

Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

Instead of the question "What must I do for my employer?" substitute "What can I do"

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

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it

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

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

It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.

The worlds civilization started from the day on which everyone received reward for labour.

No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.

There is nothing that robs a righteous cause of its strength more than a millionaire's money.

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

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

It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead.

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

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

Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

The surest foundation of a manufacturing concern is quality. After that, and a long way after, comes cost.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

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

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition.

The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich

I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work.

Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast.

Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it.

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

Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.

I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.'

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

Give me a man with an average ability but a burning desire to succeed and I will give you a winner in exchange every time.

When I did big things, some large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were behind me and responsible party.

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

I have had a long, long life full of troubles, but there is one curious fact about them-nine-tenths of them never happened.

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

To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one.

There is no way of making a business successful that can vie with the policy of promoting those who render exceptional service.

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

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