The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working-out of a law of nature and a law of God.

The major fortunes in America have been made in land.

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

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

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

I have nothing else to say other than I wasn't corrupt, unfair, or greedy. I was smart when it came to making decisions for my company, and I wasn't greedy. I gave to others in charity and donated money to fund programs. I have nothing else to say.