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

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

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

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

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

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.

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.