Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the hours of the waking day to the making of money for money's sake.

The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.

Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.

The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

The common denominator for success is work.