Buying real estate is not only the best way, the quickest way, the safest way, but the only way to become wealthy.

Right or wrong, the customer is always right.

Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession.

The greatest good [a man] can do is to cultivate himself in order that he may be of greater use to humanity.

If a blending of individualism and of cooperative participation is a prerequisite to a democratic solution of the problems of a society of free men, it must also be noted that an atmosphere of freedom is required if these problems are to be met constructively and as they arise.

I have tried to make all my acts and commercial moves the result of definite consideration and sound judgment. There were never any great ventures or risks. I practiced honest, slow-growing business methods, and tried to back them with energy and good system.

To do the right thing, at the right time, in the right way; to do some things better than they were ever done before; to eliminate errors; to know both sides of the question; to be courteous; to be an example; to work for the love of work; to anticipate requirements; to develop resources; to recognize no impediments; to master circumstances; to act from reason rather than rule; to be satisfied with nothing short of perfection.