Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them.

Let every man or woman here remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.

Money is power, and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it.

Let us remember there is not a poor person in the United States who was not made poor by his own shortcomings.

You can journey to the ends of the earth in search of success, but if you’re lucky, you will discover happiness in your own backyard.

Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them.

Ninety-eight out of 100 of the rich men in America are honest. That is why they are rich.