«I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.»

«The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won’t succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business success. If you do each day’s task successfully, and stay faithfully within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.»

«Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.»

«Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.»

«Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.»

«If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.»