The most satisfactory thing in all this earthly life is to be able to serve our fellow-beings-first, those who are bound to us by ties of love, then the wider circle of fellow-townsmen, fellow-countrymen, or fellow-men. To be of service is a solid foundation for contentment in this world.

Philosophy is the thoughts of men about human thinking, reasoning and imagining, and the real values in human existence.

When blocked or defeated in an enterprise I had much at heart, I always turned immediately to another field of work where progress looked possible, biding my time for a chance to resume the obstructed road.

All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.

Liberal education develops a sense of right, duty and honor; and more and more in the modern world, large business rests on rectitude and honor as well as on good judgment.

You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world

One could get a first-class education from a shelf of books five feet long.