People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Entrepreneurs
Andrew Carnegie
Born in 1835 to a Scottish weaver, Andrew Carnegie emigrated at twelve, dominated U.S. steel through cost control and vertical integration, sold for $480M in 1901, then gave $350M to libraries and education.
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Andrew Carnegie's Other Quotes
No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
Do your duty and a little more, and the future will take care of itself.
The man who dies rich dies disgraced.
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
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