We are coming to see that there should be no stifling of labor by capital, or of capital by labor; and also that there should be no stifling of labor by labor, or of capital by capital.

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

I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.

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

When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.