A factory can be closed down, its chimneys smokeless, waiting for the worker to come back to his job, and all will be peaceful. But the moment workers are imported, and the striker sees his own place usurped, there is bound to be trouble.

Don't be reluctant about putting on overalls!

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

I have yet to hear an instance where misfortune hit a man because he worked overtime. I know lots of instances where it hit men who did not.

For my own part I am more interested in my work than its mere money value.

One of the most successful men I have known never carried a watch until he began to earn ten thousand dollars a year.

I disagreed with Carnegie's ideas on how best to distribute his wealth. I spent mine!