It is very important to remember what other people tell you, not so much what you yourself already know.

Giving should be entered into in just the same way as investing. Giving is investing.

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

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

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.