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Tag: Quotable A.C.

The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 77

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Griffin Erdely

“Whenever heroism is displayed by man or woman in saving a human life, the Fund applies” — Andrew Carnegie, Hero Fund Deed of Trust, 1904

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 76

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Griffin Erdely

  “I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.” — Andrew Carnegie, Gospel of Wealth, 1889

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 75

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Griffin Erdely

“It is the fund that may be considered my pet … because no one ever suggested it. Its reception here was not universal at first, some critics thot I proposed …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 74

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

Attract the attention of the people. This leads them to think … and finally to stir within themselves the desire to go and do likewise. — May 31, 1905 letter …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 73

Posted on June 8, 2023 by Griffin Erdely

  “In this world we must learn not to lay up our treasures, but to enjoy them day by day as we travel the path we never return to. If …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 72

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Jewels Phraner

“True heroes think not of reward. They are inspired and think only of their fellows endangered; never of themselves.” — Andrew Carnegie biography

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 71

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Colin Cavada

“You have made a start, and there is no finish — it goes on forever” — Letter to Charles Taylor, first Hero Fund president, May 31, 1905

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 70

Posted on August 11, 2022 by Jewels Phraner

Let us pity those who haven’t ancestors of whom they can be proud, dukes or duchesses though they be. — An American Four-in-Hand in Britain, 1899

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 68

Andrew Carnegie and Louise Whitfield Carnegie

Posted on February 25, 2022 by Abby Marie

“A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune. Young people should know that it can be cultivated; that the mind, like the body, can be moved from the shade into …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 67

The quotable A.C.

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Abby Marie

My heart is in the work.

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 66

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Abby Marie

We live in a heroic age. Not seldom are we thrilled by deeds of heroism where men or women are injured or lose their lives in attempting to preserve or …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 65

Vartan Gregorian

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Abby Marie

Nowadays, as I sit in my office, I am positioned under Carnegie’s portrait, and cannot help but reflect, with some awe, on the responsibility of following in the footsteps of …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 64

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Abby Marie

The Hero Fund is to become the recognized agency, watching, applauding, and supporting where support is needed, heroic action wherever displayed and by whomever displayed — White or Black, Male …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 63

Posted on November 10, 2020 by Abby Marie

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.  

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 62

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Abby Marie

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.  

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 61

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

No action more heroic than that of doctors and nurses volunteering their services in the case of an epidemic. — 1904 Carnegie Hero Fund Commission Deed of Trust.

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 60

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. — 1908 address before a graduating class in New York.

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 59

quotable 59

Posted on October 23, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Andrew Carnegie, left, and Louise Whitfield Carnegie on a city street in 1910. We should all prefer to start low that we should rise than to begin high that we …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 58

Andrew Carnegie Quote

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

No expectation in which I have ever indulged … no air-castle which I have ever inflated, no dream which I have ever dreamed … equals what has been accomplished in …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 57

Andrew Carnegie Quote

Posted on May 7, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

It is my privilege to shake hands with those heroes … and to present to them the awards of the Hero Fund, assuring them that the victories of war which …

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