“My mother was given to a typical question: “We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?” But my wife’s typical question was “We have always done this. Why don’t we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?””

The major fortunes in America have been made in land.

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

When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.

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

A man’s wealth must be determined by the relation of his desires and expenditures to his income. If he feels rich on ten dollars, and has everything else he desires, he really is rich.

Do not many of us who fail to achieve big things fail because we lack concentration-the art of concentrating the mind on the thing to be done at the proper time and to the exclusion of everything else?

I had to work my way up to be where I am now. All these companies could have done the same.

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

I don’t want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.

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

I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.

Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks

Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.

The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.

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.

If someone chooses what they love to do, there is no stress in their life. As they say, If you do what you love, you will never have to work a day in your life.

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

We really shouldn’t look like a church.’ I’ve heard that so much I want to vomit. ‘Why?’ I ask. ‘Do you want your bank to look like a bank? Do you want your doctor’s office to look like a doctor’s office, or would you prefer your doctor to dress like a clown?’

You don’t really get to choose who you fall in love with. Love chooses you.

Struggle is, at times, inevitable; survival is, most times, a choice.

What path you choose is not important. How intensely you pursue that path is much more important.

I`d rather sink trying to be different, than stay afloat like everyone else.

People will talk about you when you’re down and out, and people will talk about you when you’re successful. You choose what matters to you.