“It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.”

The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed, you must have a larger ambition.

We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.

The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.

I raised my prices since there wasn’t any competition it was just the smart thing to do. Why would I keep my prices up if their wasn’t anyone to beat?

I have nothing else to say other than I wasn’t corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn’t greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.

Long ago I lost the joy in living. The only joy I have is in my giving.

Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.

Money is a way of keeping COUNT on how well you’re doing in business.

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.

I believe the power to make money is a gift from God to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.

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

I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.

Own nothing, control everything.

You do learn things and one of them is that happiness has nothing to do with validation from other people, the important thing is being happy with yourself.

Only by trying on other people’s clothes do we find what size we are.

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

Where the questions of religion are concerned people are guilty of every possible kind of insincerity and intellectual misdemeanor.

Never underestimate the power and potential of the American people.

We should measure welfare’s success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.