“You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.”

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.

The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

I’m glad I wrote the book to show what I found out about the [ Standard Oil Company]. I’m glad many people read my book and found out the truth.

Save when you can and not when you have to.

God gave me my money.

The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.

Competition is a sin.

Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed.

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor.

Marriage, by making us more contented, causes us often to be less enterprising.

The starship Enterprise was a metaphor starship Earth, and the vision was that the strength of this starship lay in its diversity.

If you pour your heart into your work, or into any worthy enterprise, you can achieve dreams others may think impossible.

The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul.

Free enterprise has done more to lift people out of poverty, to help build a strong middle class, to help educate our kids, and to make our lives better than all the programs of government combined.

Making a book is such a big enterprise.

It is the lone worker who makes the first advance in a subject: the details may be worked out by a team, but the prime idea is due to the enterprise, thought, and perception of an individual.