Aim for the highest.
All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
Concentration is my motto -- first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.
He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
I'm not in the business of making steel. I'm in the business of making men. They make steel.
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
The man who dies…rich dies disgraced.
When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, "I can't".
You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.