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Tag: Quotable A.C.

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: 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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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 56

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Posted on January 16, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Some critics thot[sic] I proposed to stimulate heroism, but now nothing I’ve done is so popular. It was time the Heroes of Peace had recognition. — From a private letter …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 55

quotable

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

There are a few great souls who can rise to the height of alleviating others to do for them what they would like to do for others. Are you one …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 54

Andrew Carnegie quote

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

It is always well to remember that there are giants in our own day, too. — Triumphant Democracy, 1886 Return to imPULSE index. See PDF of this issue.

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 53

Andrew Carnegie quote

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

“We have got to show young men that there are just as great battles to be fought in peace-time as in war-time and just as much heroism demanded, just as …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 49

Andrew Carnegie Quote

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Carnegie Hero Fund

“Peace wins her way not by force; her appeal is to the reason and the conscience of man.” —Andrew Carnegie, University of St. Andrews address, Oct. 17, 1905 Return to …

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The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 47

Andrew Carnegie quote

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Carnegie Hero Fund

“We are in the presence of universal law and should bow our heads in silence and obey the Judge within, asking nothing, fearing nothing, just doing our duty right along, …

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