A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.

What we really are matters more than what other people think of us.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving. 

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!

One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'