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

There is only one way to make a great deal of money, and that is in a business of your own.

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.

There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.

Keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.

If a businessman makes a mistake, he suffers the consequences. If a bureaucrat makes a mistake, you suffer the consequences.

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.

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

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its own storms, it has its tides, and in its depths, it has its pearls too.

Without properly kept accounts it is impossible to maintain truth in its pristine purity.

Nobody is more inferior than those who insists on being equal.

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

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