However near and dear to you may be your wife, children, friends, they are not you; they are outside of you.

Your thoughts and emotions are yours alone.

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.

There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation.

There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense.

Paper currency has hitherto been regarded with suspicion, as insecure.

But the egoist has no ideals, for the knowledge that his ideals are only his ideals, frees him from their domination. He acts for his own interest, not for the interest of ideals.

The business of a bank is to lend money; which amounts, nowadays, to lending credit.

There is no other who experiences your thoughts or your feelings.

Large sums were paid for the use of money, because the available amount of gold and silver was far less than was needed to carry on the commercial transactions of the times.

Accordingly, when the supply of gold runs short, the security behind the notes is diminished, the loaning of notes is restricted or suspended, and the panic follows.

Uncertainty is the normal state.

I much preferred winning to thinking and I didn't like losing at all.

He that is rich is wise, And all men learned poverty despise.

98% of the atoms in your body were not there a year ago.

If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.

Pressure... I love it.

Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it's being done to him or by him.

My manager is definitely a mentor as well as Usher.

I think sometimes when you want attention you can wear sunglasses and people are like "Who is that?"

I still get the feeling I got when I started, that's why I'm still doing it after all these years, I still get that full adrenalin rush before I compete.