I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed. So it is with every new thing. Progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready, and then it is inevitable. To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense.

Economy has frequently nothing whatever to do with the amount of money being spent, but with the wisdom used in spending it.

I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work.

It is a striving to attain the best. To throttle it would mean to stop all progress. Certain men do not need to compete. They are pioneers.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

The farther you look back, the farther you can look ahead.

Look beyond the individual to the cause of his misery.