If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.

I don't want a nation of thinkers, I want a nation of workers

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.

Who is the poorest man in the world? I tell you, the poorest man I know of is the man who has nothing but money.

When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when the evil effects of alcohol would be recognised. I have slowly and reluctantly come to believe that this has not been the result. Instead, drinking has generally increased; the speakeasy has replaced the saloon; a vast army of lawbreakers has appeared; many of our best citizens have openly ignored Prohibition; respect for the law has been greatly lessened; and crime has increased to a level never seen before.