Andrew Carnegie
United States
25 Nov 1835 // 11 Aug 1919
Industrialist
25 Nov 1835 // 11 Aug 1919
Industrialist
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This, then, is held to be the duty of the man of wealth: first, to set an example of modest unostentatious living...to provide moderately for the legitimate wants of those dependent upon him; and, after doing so, to consider all surplus revenues...as trust funds which he is strictly bound as a matter of duty to administer in the manner...best calculated to produce the most beneficial results for the community.
The problem of our age is the administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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Essays