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

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

I have a deeply hidden and inarticulate desire for something beyond the daily life.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or good or joy worth having.

As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.

I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

A winner never taught me how to quit.

Let us resolve to be masters, not victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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.