What the carburetor, sparkplug and self-starter are to an automobile, initiative, private enterprise and executive ability are to industry as a whole, including the wage earner, wage payer, wage spender and wage saver, i.e., the investor. If the sparkplug and self-starter get out of commission, the car will come to a standstill.

For the self-development of men and women it is absolutely necessary that they should be alone with themselves at least one hour each day-to get the blessings of solitude.

No man can make good during working hours who does the wrong thing outside of working hours.

If you wish to succeed in managing and controlling others - learn to manage and control yourself.

Before you can write a check, you must first make out a deposit slip; before you can draw money out of a bank, you must put money into a bank; before you are entitled to a living, you must give the world a life; if you want to make a first-class living, learn to give the world a first-class life.

When men are so busy making money that they have no time for anything else, then the day is not far off when they will have no money for anything else.

You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.