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.

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

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.

Neither the individual nor the race is improved by almsgiving. The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise.

...the law which is never to be broken is never required.

The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bind together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.

Capitalism is about turning luxuries into necessities.