“The way to learn to do things is to do things. The way to learn a trade is to work at it. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with the determination to succeed, and the work is half done already.”

“Our help does not come from Washington, but from ourselves.”

“Anyone who does anything useful will not go unpaid.”

“A low wage business is always insecure.”

“Businessmen go down with their businesses because they like the old way so well they cannot change.”

“What Time hath scanted men in hair, he hath given them in wit.”

“The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded; every sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.”

“It's almost impossible to overpay the truly extraordinary CEO... but the species is rare.”