The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 74
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
“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 …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 72
“True heroes think not of reward. They are inspired and think only of their fellows endangered; never of themselves.” — Andrew Carnegie biography
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 71
“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
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 70
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
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 68
“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 …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 67
My heart is in the work.
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 66
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 …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 65
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 …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 64
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 …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 63
Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 62
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 61
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.
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 60
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. — 1908 address before a graduating class in New York.
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 59
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 …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 58
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 …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 57
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 …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 56
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 …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 55
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 …
The Quotable A.C.: Impulse 54
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.