There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.

Every depression is a challenge to every manufacturer to put more brains into his business.

If it doesn't add value, it's waste.

Money is worth what it will help you to produce or buy and no more.

I think that much of the advice given to young men about saving money is wrong. I never saved a cent until I was forty years old. I invested in myself - in study, in mastering my tools, in preparation. Many a man who is putting a few dollars a week into the bank would do much better to put it into himself.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

If I'd listened to customers, I'd have given them a faster horse.