I asked an experienced elder who had profited by his knowledge of the world, "What course should I pursue to obtain prosperity?" He replied, "Contentment—if you are able, practise contentment." —Khajah Selman
The better a man is acquainted with the details of the business in which he is engaged, the greater is his chance for success. In truth, the man who is ignorant at least has no right to expect success. Ignorance may take the risk and occasionally win, but it is not once in ten times. —Samuel H. Terry
There is no secret about amassing wealth. All you have to do is attend to business and go ahead: except one thing, and that is, never tell what you are going to do until you have done it. —Cornelius Vanderbilt
The growth of a large business is merely a survival of the fittest...The American beauty rose can be produced in the splendour and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. —John D. Rockefeller