Birth: February 18, 1862 Death: October 18, 1939
Don't be afraid of imperilling your health by giving a few extra hours to the company that pays your salary!.
A factory can be closed down, its chimneys smokeless, waiting for the worker to come back to his job, and all will be peaceful. But the moment worker….
American industry is spilling over with men who started life even with the leaders, with brains just as big, with hands quite as capable. And yet one….
If more persons would get so enthused over their day's work that some one would have to remind them to go out to lunch there would be more happiness ….
A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away..
In my own house I rigged up a laboratory and studied chemistry in the evenings, determined that there should be nothing in the manufacture of steel t….
I disagreed with Carnegie's ideas on how best to distribute his wealth. I spent mine!.
The captains of industry are not hunting money. America is heavy with it. They are seeking brains - specialized brains - and faithful, loyal service.….
For my own part I am more interested in my work than its mere money value..
Most talk about 'super-geniuses' is nonsense. I have found that when 'stars' drop out, successors are usually at hand to fill their places, and the s….
In my wide association in life, meeting with many and great men in various parts of the world, I have yet to find the man, however great or exalted h….
You can never really get away - - you can only take yourself somewhere else..
The inventor, the man with a unique, specialized talent, is the only real super-genius. But he is so rare that he needs no consideration..
When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do..
Young men may enjoy dropping their work at five or six o'clock and slipping into a dress suit for an evening of pleasure; but the habit has certain d….
I thought and dreamed of nothing else but the steel works..
All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of th….
I have probably purchased fifty 'hot tips' in my career, maybe even more. When I put them all together, I know I am a net loser..
Don't be reluctant about putting on overalls!.
Be friends with everybody. When you have friends you will know there is somebody who will stand by you. You know the old saying, that if you have a s….
A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things in a vision, a dream of the whole thing..