We teach children to save their money. As an attempt to counteract thoughtless and selfish expenditure, that has value. But it is not positive; it does not lead the child into the safe and useful avenues of self-expression or self-expenditure. To teach a child to invest and use is better than to teach him to save.

Patience and foresight are the two most important qualities in business

Failure is the chance to do it better next time.

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

There are two ways of making yourself stand out from the crowd. One is by having a job so big you can go home before the bell rings if you want to. The other is by finding so much to do that you must stay after the others have gone. The one who enjoys the former once took advantage of the latter.

History doesn't mean dates and wars and textbooks to me; it means the unconquerable pioneer spirit of man.