“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.”

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.

I should say in general the advantage of education is to better fit a man for life’s work. I would advise young men to take a college course, as a rule, but think some are just as well off with a thorough business training.

Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

The man will be most successful who confers the greatest service on the world.

It has always been my rule in business to make everything count.

Well i know that my company is not corrupt or unfair because i got all this with all my hard work. I see no reason why you say my company was corrupt may you explain to me miss [Ida] Tarbell.

Often-times the most difficult competition comes, not from the strong, the intelligent, the conservative competitor, but from the man who is holding on by the eyelids and is ignorant of his costs, and anyway he’s got to keep running or bust!

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

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

Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.

How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.

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.

After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

The future belongs to those who prepare for it today.

All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone.

Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning.

Make a game plan and stick to it. Unless it’s not working.

The United States is definitely ahead in culture of innovation. If someone wants to accomplish great things, there is no better place than the U.S.

Image means a lot. It is everything in the business that we are in.

If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.

I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it.