If my name were John D Smith IV I wouldn’t have been elected to anything.
Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
The best business in the world is a well run oil company. The second best business in the world is a badly run oil company.
You know that great prejudice exists against all successful business enterprise – the more successful, the greater the prejudice.
Never lose interest in life and the world. Never allow yourself to become annoyed.
After it is all over, the religion of man is his most important possession.
I never placed my head upon the pillow at night without reminding myself that my success might only be temporary.
The day of combination is here to stay. Individualism has gone, never to return.
Get rich by taking something common and making it uncommon.
I believe the power to make money is a gift of God.
I shall use such influence as I have in emphasizing the basic truths common to all denominations, in lowering denominational barriers and in promoting effective cooperation among Christians of whatever creed.
I was trained from the beginning to work, to save, and to give.
Homeopathy is a progressive and aggressive step in medicine.
I believe in the supreme worth of the individual and in his right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The task is simple. We will organize children and teach them in a perfect way the things their fathers and mothers are doing in an imperfect way.
We can never learn too much of His will towards us, too much of His messages and His advice. The Bible is His word and its study gives at once the foundation for our faith and an inspiration to battle onward in the fight against the tempter.
A man has no right to occupy another man’s time unnecessarily.
To think! All that power and he wasn’t even rich!
The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you find it put your whole soul into it-every bit of energy and ambition and natural ability you have.
The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center. They should function not merely as another form of entertainment but, rather, should contribute significantly to our well being and happiness.