"Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed."
"Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?"
"I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success."
"If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem."
"No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist."
"The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips."
"Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying."