Every man gravitates to where he belongs in life, just as surely as water seeks and finds its level. His position is measured precisely by the quality and quantity of the service he renders, plus the mental attitude with which he relates himself to other people.

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money.

Instead of the question "What must I do for my employer?" substitute "What can I do"

Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves.

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

In [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man.