I have made many millions but they have brought me no happiness.

My mother was given to a typical question: "We have always done this. Why should we do anything else?" But my wife's typical question was "We have always done this. Why don't we do it another way or, better still, why not do something else?"

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own efforts.

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.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

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.