Young Man, Make Your Name Worth Something.

The Rare Individuals Who Unselfishly Try To Serve Others Have An Enormous Advantage-they Have Little Competition.

Those Who Would Administer [charity] Wisely Must, Indeed, Be Wise, For One Of The Serious Obstacles To The Improvement Of Our Race Is Indiscriminate Charity. It Were Better For Mankind That The Millions Of The Rich Were Thrown Into The Sea Than Spent To Encourage The Slothful, The Drunken, The Unworthy. Of Every Thousand Dollars Spent In So-called Charity Today, It Is Probable That Nine Hundred And Fifty Dollars Is Unwisely Spent - So Spent, Indeed, As To Produce The Very Evils Which It Hopes To Mitigate Or Cure.

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.

The Only Irreplaceable Capital An Organization Possesses Is The Knowledge And Ability Of Its People. The Productivity Of That Capital Depends On How Effectively People Share Their Competence With Those Who Can Use It.

A Man Who Was Generous With His Wealth. It Has Been Reported That During His Lifetime, Carnegie Gave Away Over $350 Million Of His Money To Help Others.