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.
You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.
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.
Concentration is my motto - first honesty, then industry, then concentration.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.
The 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.
No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.
People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.
Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.
The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.
