It was from my own early experience that I decided there was no use to which money could be applied so productive of good to girls and boys who have good within them and ability and ambition to develop it as the founding of a public library.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

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.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

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

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.