“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.”

“I'd rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter, than three hours in the company of an average brain surgeon”

“Expert knowledge is limited knowledge”

“To help other people, you've got to be able to help yourself. You go to a psychiatrist, and they're on this Prozac, Effexor, and antidepressants, you may have picked the wrong person. If you go to somebody who's broke who's selling you financial services, that might not be a good thing. You go to somebody who's fat to help you lose weight... And a lot of people ironically do these types of things.”