“You don't have to hold a position in order to be a leader.”

“It ought to be the employer’s ambition as leader to pay than any similar line of business, and it ought to be the workman’s ambition to make it possible”

“New York is a different country. Maybe it ought to have a separate government. Everybody thinks differently, they just don't know what the hell the rest of the United States is.”

“If money is your hope for independence, you will never have it. The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.”

“Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain”

“There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.”

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't—you're right.”