Absolute power corrupts absolutely. The saying is famous the world over, and when you've got the kind of cash that Andrew Carnegie had ($480 million in 1901, today it'd be worth $310 billion) you pretty much have absolute power. Except it didn't corrupt him. As one of the most generous men ever, Andrew Carnegie privately gave away an estimated ninety percent of his wealth to further the arts, the sciences and all other forms of education. Libraries, music halls, and research institutes. He gave his wealth away to promote heroism by founding the Carnegie Hero Fund which awarded civilians who performed extraordinary deeds of heroism.There is another saying that we're fond of and it is infinitely better than what we opened with. You can tell a lot about the character of a man by the way he treats those who can do nothing for him. Let's take a moment and think about this logically, is there anything that one of the richest men in the world needs from those who don't know what a million dollars looks like? Doubtful. If he wanted it he could have bought it. There wasn't much that anyone could give to him that he didn't already have or have the capability of getting. Yet he penned the book "The Gospel of Wealth," where he implored people of great means to use their wealth to further humanity and goodness.

In a world where there seems to be nothing but people wanting to take. Be a giver. Be generous with your time, your talents and if you can, your wallets. Lift people up when you have no other reason to, other than it's the right thing to do. Follow the example of one of the most successful entrepreneurs this country ever produced and be a giver, be an investor in people and in the future of this great nation!Read more stories of American Grit here:

GARY VAYNERCHUK: THE AMERICAN DREAM

DANIEL MORGAN: A PATRIOT

MICHAEL JORDAN: THE G.O.A.T