I have concentrated all along on building the finest retailing company that we possibly could. Period. Creating a huge personal fortune was never particularly a goal of mine.

Never cross a man, not afraid to die.

If you ask enough people, eventually someone will say yes.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consist in nothing more than in the pounding of an old piano, is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

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

Learn to get in touch with silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

Have regular hours for work & play; make each day both useful & pleasant and prove you understand the worth of time by employing it well.