One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Benevolence is man’s mind, and righteousness is man’s path.

Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

Let’s rise above this animalistic behavior and be kind to one another.

Every heart that has beat strong and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

You cannot do kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

A kind word is like a spring day.

Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.

In the ordinary business of life, industry can do anything which genius can do, and very many things which it cannot.

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively.

The weight of this sad time we must obey; speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young, shall never see so much, nor live so long.

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.

Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.

Our life does not develop as a result of chance, but as a result of causes.

Some people die at age 25 and aren't buried until they are 75.

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not everyone's greed.

If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad.

It is a socialist idea making profits is a vice. I consider the real vice is making losses.

Happiness is a quality of the soul, not a function of one's material circumstances.

Do not hire a man who does your work for money but him who does it for love of it.

If you compromise your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you never will have real wealth based on peace of mind.

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.

If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.

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

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.

A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.

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.

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.