The great hindrance to the development of this continent has lain in the lack of capital.

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals

If I want to be free from any other man's dictation, I must understand that I can have no other man under my control.

The type and formula of most schemes of philanthropy or humanitarianism is this: A and B put their heads together to decide what C shall be made to do for D. . . . I call C the Forgotten Man.

Undoubtedly there are, in connection with each of these things, cases of fraud, swindling, and other financial crimes; that is to say, the greed and selfishness of men are perpetual.

He who would be well taken care of must take care of himself.

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

We shall find that every effort to realize equality necessitates a sacrifice of liberty.

The State cannot get a cent for any man without taking it from some other man, and this latter must be a man who has produced and saved it. This latter is the Forgotten Man

There is no boon in nature. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self-denial, and study.

It is the tendency of the social burdens to crush out the middle class, and to force society into an organization of only two classes, one at each social extreme.

Help yourself with the state! It's on democracy!

A lot of people travel because they are unhappy, but travelling does not necessary makes one happier. Sometimes it exacerbates the unhappiness, the loneliness.

Your highest purpose and calling is often really calling for your own healing

True humility is a kind of self-annihilation

I am writing just to inspire you, encourage you, empower you, and give you hope when you are fighting your life's battle.

I can paint until I'm forty. After that I intend to dry up.

It has always seemed somewhat paradoxical to me that we must constantly have the Lord command us to do those things which are for our own good.

My life won't be a series of either/ors - musician or actor, rock or country, straitlaced or rebellious, this or that, yes or no. The real choices in life aren't that simple.

As disciples of Jesus Christ we have a responsibility to work together with like-minded believers, to raise our voices for what is right.

But his dreams were as gigantic as his surroundings were small.