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American - Businessman
July 30, 1863
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View All Citation Styles →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 the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
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.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.
Don't find fault, find a remedy.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.