Nothing in the world will take away persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than an unsuccessful man with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.

You do not merely want to be considered the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones that do what you do.

Perserverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.

There is one and only one social responsibility of business-to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game, which is to say, engages in open and free competition without deception or fraud.

Humans live best when each has his place, when each knows where he belongs in the scheme of things. Destroy the place and destroy the person.

the tragedy of life is not that we die, but is rather, what dies inside a man while he lives.

We believe that all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.