"The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'"

"We make the world we live in and shape our own environment."

"Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world."

"There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands."

"Many individuals are doing what they can. But real success can only come if there is a change in our societies and in our economics and in our politics."

"The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress."

"Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility."

"To master the mind is to understand that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."