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.

Not evil, but good, has come to the race from the accumulation of wealth by those who have the ability and energy that produce it.

While the law [of competition] may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it insures the survival of the fittest in every department. We accept and welcome, therefore, as conditions to which we must accommodate ourselves, great inequality of environment, the concentration of business, industrial and commercial, in the hands of a few, and the law of competition between these, as being not only beneficial, but essential for the future progress of the race.

It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race for life, nor his nephew, nor his cousin. Let him look out for the dark horse in the boy who begins by sweeping out the office.

Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision.

I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves.

The surest foundation of a manufacturing concern is quality. After that, and a long way after, comes cost.