The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

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I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of...

I do not think that there is any other quality so essential to success of...

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world...

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world...

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own...

I would rather earn 1% off a 100 people's efforts than 100% of my own...

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

It is wrong to assume that men of immense wealth are always happy.

I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any...

I do not think there is any other quality so essential to success of any...

The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation...

The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation...

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

The only question with wealth is, what do you do with it?

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the...

I know of nothing more despicable and pathetic than a man who devotes all the...

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends...

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends...

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

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

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.

I have ways of making money that you know nothing of.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel...

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel...

Competition is a sin.

Competition is a sin.

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.

I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living.

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a...

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a...

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know...

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know...