I believe it is a religious duty to get all the money you can, fairly and honestly; to keep all you can, and to give away all you can.

The impression was gaining ground with me that it was a good thing to let the money be my slave and not make myself a slave to money.

Many of the deficiencies of our economic system could be alleviated if ways were found to broaden the ownership of the means of production... This has happened in some companies through ESOPs. Successful approaches of this sort would pay dividends in terms of employee commitment and morale. And they would not deprive anyone of his present holdings since they are based on future growth.

There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance--do not sacrifice that to anything else.

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of any kind as the quality of perseverance. It overcomes almost everything, even nature.

Believing that fundamental conditions of the country are sound and there is nothing in the business situation to warrant the destruction of values that has taken place on the exchanges during the past week, my son and I have for some days been purchasing sound common stocks. We are continuing and will continue our purchases in substantial amounts at levels which we believe represent sound investment values.

How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.