I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient become independent.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee. And I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.