47 quotes
American business magnate (1863–1947)
“Faith without action is delusion. Faith does not wait for miracles but produces them. If you think you can or if you think you can't, you are right.”
"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me."
on Relationships
"Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again."
on Failure
"The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing."
on Wisdom
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."
on Inspirational
"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it."
"Whether you think you can, or think you can't - you're right."
"Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all."
on Truth
"Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars."
on Motivation
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."
"I see no advantage in these new clocks. They run no faster than the ones made 100 years ago."
on Time
"It is not the employer who pays wages - he only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages."
"Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty."
on Justice
"You say I started out with practically nothing, but that isn't correct. We all start with all there is, it's how we use it that makes things possible."
on Success
"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right."
"Failure is only an opportunity to begin again more intelligently."
"Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving."
on Life
"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it."
"Vision without execution is just hallucination."
"The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it."
"To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success."
