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

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

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.

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

The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business success...If you do each day's task successfully, and stay faithfully within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.

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

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.

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.