When I did big things, some large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were behind me and responsible party.

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

The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.

And there is no use whatever, gentlemen, trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.