The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

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.

The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.

Success is the power to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others.

Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

Give me the life of the boy whose mother is nurse, seamstress, washerwoman, cook, teacher, angel, and saint, all in one, and whose father is guide, exemplar, and friend. No servants to come between. These are the boys who are born to the best fortune.