Give me a man with an average ability but a burning desire to succeed and I will give you a winner in exchange every time.

Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one.

I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.

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.'

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.

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition.

There are two types of people who never achieve very much in their lifetimes. One is the person who won't do what he or she is told to do, and the other is the person who does no more than he or she is told to do.