“Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.”

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?”

I have long been profoundly convinced that in the very nature of things, employers and employees are partners, not enemies; that their interests are common not opposed; that in the long run the success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It’s to see my dividends coming in.

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

The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.

There is nothing in this world that can compare with the Christian fellowship; nothing that can satisfy but Christ.

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.

Our cup will truly run over only after we have sealed the character cracks.

I never said that I wanted to be the only company, is it my fault that I ran my company well? Wouldn’t you want the best for your company? Also consider that I started of small.

I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.

Think of giving not only as a duty but as a privilege.

I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.

Character – not wealth, power, or position – is the supreme word.

Oh, how blessed young men are who have to struggle for a foundation and beginning in life.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

When you blame and criticize others, you are avoiding some truth about yourself.

You can blame my mom for some of my worst fashion moments. She used to dress me and my sister in a lot of patterns. Like, she would put me in striped stockings with a floral dress. Like, why are you doing that to me?

Bless more; blame less.

Take responsibility for your last bad decision, and then let it go. Don’t blame others or make excuses for yourself.

Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.

Blame enables us to smuggle our issues into our future.

Owning your own feelings, rather than blaming them on someone else, is the mark of a person who has moved from contracted to expanded awareness.

Every time there are losses, there are choices to be made. You choose to live your losses as passages to anger, blame, hatred, depression and resentment, or you choose to let these losses be passages to something new, something wider, and deeper.