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He that cannot reason is a fool.

Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.

There is nothing that robs a righteous cause of its strength more than a millionaire's money.

Speculation is a parasite feeding upon values, creating none.

I have had a long, long life full of troubles, but there is one curious fact about them-nine-tenths of them never happened.

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

When I did big things, some large corporations like the Pennsylvania Railroad Company were behind me and responsible party.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade.

One great cause of failure of young men in business is the lack of concentration.

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

It is trying to be other than one's self that unmans one. Be your own natural self and go ahead.

I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work.

Aim for the highest.

Any person can achieve greatness if they understand the philosophy of success and the steps required to achieve it.

Humanities education is the worst thing for an industrialist.

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

Steel is prince or pauper.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or to get all the credit for doing it

A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle.

Young man, make your name worth something.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money.

Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time.

Strength is derived from unity. The range of our collective vision is far greater when individual insights become one.

All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

Here lies one who knew how to get around him men who were cleverer than himself

The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.

There is no idol more debasing than the worship of money.

Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.

The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks

No man can become rich without himself enriching others

All is well since all grows better

Life is not so much a matter of position as of disposition.

There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.

Wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves.

Three generations from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves.

It is more difficult to give money away intelligently than to earn it in the first place.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust to be managed for the good of others.

The secret of happiness is renunciation.

Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.

I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.'

Instead of the question "What must I do for my employer?" substitute "What can I do"

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

Touch his head, and he will bargain and argue with you to the last; Touch his heart, and he falls upon your breast.

Men who reach decisions promptly usually have the capacity to move with definiteness of purpose in other circumstances.

I will give a million dollars for any convincing proof of a future life.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

The law which is never to be broken is never required.

Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.

Golf is an indispensable adjunct to high civilisation.

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

Capitalism is about turning luxuries into necessities.

The worlds civilization started from the day on which everyone received reward for labour.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others.

I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.

In [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man.

The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.

Is necessarily limited by his lack of knowledge of the circumstances

There is scarcely an instance of a man who has made a fortune by speculation and kept it

Not only had I got rid of the theology and the supernatural, but I had found the truth of evolution.

A business is seldom if ever built up except on lines of strictest integrity.

I am as a speck of dust in the sun, and not even so much, in this solemn, mysterious, unknowable universe.

The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do.

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.

All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.

To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one.

Give me a man with an average ability but a burning desire to succeed and I will give you a winner in exchange every time.

Success can be attained in any branch of labor. There's always room at the top in every pursuit.

TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results.

Watch the costs and the profits will take care of themselves.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

There is no way of making a business successful that can vie with the policy of promoting those who render exceptional service.

The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich

I can't afford to pay them any other way.

There is very little success where there is very little laughter.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.

What one does easily, one does well.

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.

Do real and permanent good in this world.

The more difficult a problem becomes, the more interesting it is.

A man's reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.

A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.

The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

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

Pioneering don't pay.

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

If thou dost not sow, thou shalt not reap,

The Republic may not give wealth or happiness, she has not promised these. It is the freedom to pursue these, not their realization, we can claim.