I did as much as I could: raising chickens, pushing an ice-cream cart, bagging walnuts, driving a tractor on a beet farm, working on the railroad. I think this eclectic career helped me a lot in life.

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

Don't limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded.

One can succeed at almost anything for which he has enthusiasm.

I quickly learned that if I kept at it and plowed right through the rejections I would eventually get somebody to buy my wares.

I couldn't read. I just scraped by. My solution back then was to read classic comic books because I could figure them out from the context of the pictures. Now I listen to books on tape.

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.