I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.'

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

Neither the individual nor the race is improved by almsgiving. The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise.

While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department. We accept and welcome, therefore, as conditions to which we must accommodate ourselves, great inequality of environment, the concentration of business, industrial and commercial, in the hands of a few, and the law of competition between these, as being not only beneficial, but essential for the future progress of the race.

I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.

Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work.