To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one.

The first thing to do about an obstacle is simply to stand up to it and not complain about it or whine under it but forthrightly attack it. Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. Just stand up to it, that's all, and don't give way under it, and it will finally break. You will break it. Something has to break and it won't be you, it will be the obstacle.

The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich

Every man gravitates to where he belongs in life, just as surely as water seeks and finds its level. His position is measured precisely by the quality and quantity of the service he renders, plus the mental attitude with which he relates himself to other people.

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

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

And there is no use whatever, gentlemen, trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.