The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

To be granted some kind of usable talent and to be able to use it to the fullest extent of which you are capable—this, to me, is a kind of joy that is almost unequaled.

Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours.

The question, 'Who ought to be boss?' is like asking 'Who ought to be the tenor in a quartet?' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.

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

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide.

Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters.

If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule: never lie to yourself.

Rest satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they will.

You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Be like the flower, turn your face to the sun.

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.

The less you respond to negative people, the positive your life will become.

A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it.

Innovation is the specific instrument of entrepreneurship…the act that endows resources with a new capacity to create wealth.

The problem of our age is the proper administration of wealth, so that the ties of brotherhood may still bond together the rich and poor in harmonious relationship.

Beware of over concern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.

To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.

Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.

All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.

In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality; that is. waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.

America’s abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the “common good,” but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.

Silver and gold I have none; but such as I have give I thee.