There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

History is more or less bunk.

We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's dam is the history we make today.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.