No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.