In business, as in politics, it is never easy to go against the beliefs and attitudes held by the majority. The businessman who moves counter to the tide of prevailing opinion must expect to be obstructed, derided and damned.

If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.

No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist.

You must take risks, both with your own money or with borrowed money. Risk taking is essential to business growth.

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That's not just a catchy slogan. It's the very essence of successful investing.

The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.