I have had a long, long life full of troubles, but there is one curious fact about them-nine-tenths of them never happened.

I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need. But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.

Upon the sacredness of property civilization itself depends-the right of the laborer to his hundred dollars in the savings bank, and equally the legal right of the millionaire to his millions.

A business is seldom if ever built up except on lines of strictest integrity.

There is no way of making a business successful that can vie with the policy of promoting those who render exceptional service.

The sound rule in busi­ness is that you may give money freely when you have a sur­plus, but your name never-nei­ther as en­dorser nor as mem­ber of a cor­po­ra­tion with in­di­vid­ual li­a­bil­ity

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.