The most important thing for a young man is to establish a credit... a reputation, character.

Competition is a sin.

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

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

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

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

I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.