Occupation: Business Magnate Birth: November 25, 1835 Death: August 11, 1919
There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money..
Nothing tells in the long run like a good judgment, and no sound judgment can remain with the man whose mind is disturbed by the mercurial changes of….
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 c….
The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks.
The man who dies rich, dies disgraced..
There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves..
The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it..
Teamwork appears most effective if each individual helps others to succeed, increasing the synergy of that team; ideally, every person will contribut….
Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves..
There is nothing that robs a righteous cause of its strength more than a millionaire's money..
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs..
I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more th….
Private Property, the Law of Accumulation of Wealth, and the Law of Competition... these are the highest results of human experience, the soil in whi….
Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one..
Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, e….
Life is not so much a matter of position as of disposition..
Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out..
The wise young man or wage earner of today invests his money in real estate..
Do real and permanent good in this world..
Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket..
My hopes were high, and I looked every day for some change to take place. What it was to be I knew not, but that it would come I felt certain if I ke….