The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

The ultimate measured a man is not where he stands in marents of comfort, but whre he stands at times of challenge & contraversy.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me,never say ‘I.’ And that's not because they have trainedthemselves not to say ‘I.’ They don't think ‘I.’ Theythink ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They understand theirjob to be to make the team function. They

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.