Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.

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

There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it

Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one.

Here is the prime condition of success: Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having begun on one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement, have the best machinery, and know the most about it.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

The man of wealth [should] consider all surplus revenues which come to him simply as trust funds, which he is called upon to administer to produce the most beneficial results for the community - the man of wealth thus becoming the mere trustee and agent for his poorer brethren, bringing to their service his superior wisdom, experience and ability to administer, doing for them better than that they would or could do for themselves.