« 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. »