Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

The man of business knows that only by years of patient, unremitting attention to affairs can he earn his reward, which is the result, not of chance, but of well-devised means for the attainment of ends.

No man can become rich without himself enriching others

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.

Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.

I would as soon leave my son a curse as the almighty dollar.

There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of work.

Don't be content with doing only your duty. Do more than your duty. It's the horse that finishes a neck ahead that wins the race.