Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

In [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man.

Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.