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.

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

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.

No man can become rich without himself enriching others

Neither the individual nor the race is improved by almsgiving. The best means of benefiting the community is to place within its reach the ladders upon which the aspiring can rise.

Life is not so much a matter of position as of disposition.

It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.