Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.

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.

Private Property, the Law of Accumulation of Wealth, and the Law of Competition... these are the highest results of human experience, the soil in which society so far has produced the best fruit.

One great cause of failure of young men in business is lack of concentration.

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.