“If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.”

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.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

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

Giving is the secret to a healthy life. Not necessarily money, but whatever a person has to give of encouragement, sympathy, and understanding.

I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.

I was born into it and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there, like air or food, or any other element. The only question with wealth is what you do with it.

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.

Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now it’s time for you to get out of the way.

A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.

Take it from me: Elections matter.

What we have, what we wish we had – ambitions fulfilled, ambitions disappointed, investments won, investments lost, elections won, elections lost – these things may occupy our attention, but they do not define us.

The future of the United States and the most important election in a generation, and he [Donald Trump] is trying to con people into giving them their vote, just like he conned these people into giving them their money.

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.

When the venerable pontiff’s hour has come, a Roman of good age shall be elected, of whom it will be said that he dishonored his throne though he held it long, with virtuous acts.

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.