I have always felt that the surest way to qualify for the job just ahead is to work a little harder than any one else on the job one is holding down.

Bare hands grip success better than kid gloves.

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

The truth is that we have hitherto made no genuine effort to produce forged steel working parts of automobiles of the highest quality. That is one of the reasons why our automobiles have not ranked with those of foreign make.

The man who has done his best has done everything. The man who has done less than his best has done nothing.

I didn't take up shorthand with any idea of becoming a professional at it. It merely appeared to me to be a good thing to know - something that might come in handy.

I am not a believer in large salaries. I hold that every man should be paid for personal production. Our big men at Bethlehem seldom get salaries of over one hundred dollars a week; but all of them receive bonuses computed entirely on the efficiencies and the economies registered in their departments.