A great business success was probably never attained by chasing the dollar, but is due to pride in one's work, the pride that makes business an art.

The man who will neither play nor do business unless everything is just to his liking and notions, retards rather than contributes to progress.

A great man is one who can have power and not abuse it.

Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt and with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion you want a man in whom good work has become a habit.

As civilization progresses, we should improve our laws basically, not superficially. Many things that are lawful are highly immoral and some things which are moral are unlawful.

My idea of the real aristocrat is the master workman, no matter what his line of work may be.

There ought to be more scrupulous honesty in big business men than in any other human relation. For big business requires teamwork on a gigantic scale.