Home / Quotes / Quote by Andrew Carnegie

Quote by Andrew Carnegie

“The first thing to do about an obstacle is simply to stand up to it and not complain about it or whine under it but forthrightly attack it. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.”

Quote by Andrew Carnegie

Author

Andrew Carnegie

Andrew Carnegie, born on November 25, 1835, and died on August 11, 1919, was a renowned business magnate. He rose from a common employee in a railway company to become a leading figure in the steel industry. Carnegie achieved great success in business, but he is also known for his charitable endeavors, donating a substantial amount of money to education, libraries, and public welfare. more

You May Also Like

“There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we forget to live it.”

Suffering Three Forget Our Lives Events Birth Conscience Life And Death Great Events Birth Life Birth Life And Death

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“Americans are so emotionally fragile that soon we will have to be carried around in plastic bubbles and fed with an eye-dropper.”

Eye Feds Fragile Bubbles Plastic

Author:Florence King

“The Apologizer Bunny keeps going and going and going.”

Keep Going Bunnies

Author:Florence King

“My father, Ronald Reagan, held the presidency in such honor and reverence that he was never in the Oval Office without a coat and tie. Bill Clinton has such disrespect for the presidency that he was often in the Oval Office without his pants. Behold the leader of 'the most ethical administration in history'.”

Father Leader Honor Office Bills Clinton Administration Ties Ethical Reverence Pants Coats Presidency Disrespect Oval Coat And Tie

Author:Michael Reagan

“Yesterday, the Senate voted to approve President Clinton's decision to send troops to Bosnia. And they voted to change the name of that mission to "Operation Forget About Whitewater".”

Names President Decision Forget Clinton Missions Yesterday Operations Senate Troops President Clinton Bosnia

Author:David Letterman

“You guys on the white horses keep trying to save women in distress, not realizing you just end up with a distressed woman.”

Trying Ends Guy Realizing White Horse Distress Keep Trying White Horse

Author:Laura Schlessinger

“When we write about our lives we respond to them. As we respond to them we are rendered more fluid, more centered, more agile on our own behalf. We are tendered conscious.”

Writing Our Lives Conscious Behalf Fluid

Author:Julia Cameron

“The capacity to see the big picture is perhaps the most important as an antidote to the variety of psychic woes brought forth by the remarkable prosperity and plentitude of our times. Many of us are crunched for time, deluged by information, and paralyzed by the weight of too many choices. The best prescription for these modern maladies may be to approach one's own life in a contextual, big picture fashion - to distinguish between what really matters and what merely annoys.”

Source: A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

“Life reveals itself to us only in so far as well live it.”

Author:Thomas Merton

“Therefore once for all this short command is given to you. 'Love and do what you will.' If you keep silent, keep silent by love; if you speak, speak by love; if you correct, correct by love; if you pardon, pardon by love: let love be rooted in you, and from the root nothing but good can grow.”

Ifs Speak Given Grows Love Is Roots Silent Command Rooted Pardon

Author:Saint Augustine