Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build.

I have no use for men who fail. The cause of their failure is no business of mine, but I want successful men as my associates.