“The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.”
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As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.
The average person puts only 25% of his energy and ability into his work. The world takes off its hat to those who put in more than 50% of their capacity, and stands on its head for those few and far between souls who devote 100%.
Immense power is acquired by assuring yourself in your secret reveries that you were born to control affairs.