I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

A man's reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.

Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

The day is not far distant when the man who dies leaving behind him millions of available wealth, which was free for him to administer during life, will pass away unwept, unhonored, and unsung, no matter to what uses he leave the dross which he cannot take with him. Of such as these the public verdict will then be: The man who dies thus rich dies disgraced. Such, in my opinion, is the true gospel concerning wealth, obedience to which is destined some day to solve the problem of the rich and the poor.

You develop millionaires the way you mine gold. You expect to move tons of dirt to find an ounce of gold, but you don't go into the mine looking for the dirt-you go in looking for the gold.

Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.