wealth is not to feed our egos but to feed the hungry and to help people help themselves a library outranks any other thing a community can do to benefit its people it is a never failing spring in the desert a man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled there is no class so pitiably wretched

as that which possesses money and nothing else i resolve to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution people who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity no matter how impressive their other talents no man becomes rich unless he enriches others it marks a big step in your development

when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone the man who dies rich dies disgraced put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket surplus wealth is the sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community when fate hands us a lemon let's try to make lemonade

if you want to be happy set a goal that commands your thoughts liberates your energy and inspires your hopes all human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes perhaps the most tragic thing about mankind is that we are all dreaming about some magical garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are right outside today do your duty and a little more

and the future will take care of itself as i grow older i pay less attention to what people say i just watch what they do there is little success where there is little laughter i don't believe in god my god is patriotism teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life and while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual it is best for the race because it

ensures the survival of the fittest in every department all honors wounds are self-inflicted ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate the best portion of a good man's life his little nameless unremembered acts of kindness and of love the first man gets the oyster the second man gets the shell i believe that higher wages to men who

respect their employers and are happy and content are a good investment yielding indeed big dividends i am as a speck of dust in the sun and not even so much in this solemn mysterious unknowable universe do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best a sunny disposition is worth more than fortune young people should know that it can be

cultivated that the mind like the body can be moved from the shade into sunshine if you want to get rich think of saving as earning no man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or to get all the credit for doing it the fastest way to double your money is to fold them in half and put them in your pocket every act you have ever performed since

the day you were born was performed because you wanted something think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success a whole clear glorious life lies before you achieve achieve concentration is my motto first honesty then industry then concentration you must capture and keep the heart of

the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best the men who have succeeded are men who have chosen one line and stuck to it aim for the highest you