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

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
 George S. Patton
Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.
 Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
 Harriet Beecher Stowe

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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, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.
 Andrew Carnegie
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.
 Andrew Carnegie
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
 Andrew Carnegie
The man of wealth [should] consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer to produce the most beneficial results for the community - the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience and ability to administer, doing for them better than that they would or could do for themselves.
 Andrew Carnegie
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.
 Andrew Carnegie