The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

Take away my people, but leave my factories and soon grass will grow on the factory floors......Take away my factories, but leave my people and soon we will have a new and better factory.

That 95 per cent. fail of those who start in business upon their own account seems incredible, and yet such are said to be the statistics upon the subject.

A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune.

I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.