Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

I am a true laborer: I earn that I eat, get that I wear, owe no man hate, envy no man’s happiness, glad of other men’s good, content with my harm.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.

A fair character is a fair fortune.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Surely what a man does when he is in an uncomfortable situation is the best evidence for the sort of man he is.

The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against our faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by tellings against ourselves.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. It is the funniest joke in the world.

Next to the assumption of power is the responsibility of relinquishing it.

The resources, advantages, and the powers of the American people are very great, and they have, consequently, succeed to equally great responsibilities.

Conceit spoils the finest genius… and the great charm of all power is modesty.

Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely enjoy exercising authority usually lose it.

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.

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.

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

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.

Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.