Edward Harriman

"Science reveals the mechanisms; wisdom shows us how to use them."

"The written word has power to inspire long after the writer is gone."

"In politics, as in business, integrity is the rarest commodity."

"War teaches bitter lessons; peace requires constant cultivation."

"I believe that imagination is more valuable than knowledge."

"The death of one dream is often the birth of another."

"I have learned that love and leadership are not so different."

"Courage is not the absence of fear; it is acting despite it."

"The pattern of success is simple: vision, persistence, adaptation."

"I believe that every person deserves respect, regardless of station."

"The greatest inheritance a father can leave is his example."

"I have always trusted that hard work eventually finds its reward."

"Humor is the oil that makes the machinery of life run smoothly."

"The strength of a chain is determined by its weakest link; strengthen all."

"I believe that peace is built one relationship at a time."

"The future is uncertain, but that is precisely where opportunity lives."

"The railroad is the circulatory system of American commerce and progress."

"A man's worth is measured not by what he accumulates, but by what he creates."

"Investment in infrastructure is investment in the future of nations."

"The best business decisions come from understanding human needs, not market abstractions."

"Patience in building is superior to haste in speculation."

"A railroad that connects communities connects the dreams of millions."

"Wealth without purpose is merely the burden of management."

"The strength of an enterprise lies in its ability to adapt to changing circumstances."

"Great works require great vision, but greater still is the will to execute."

"Competition sharpens the mind; cooperation builds empires."

"The entrepreneur's greatest tool is not capital, but conviction."

"A company endures when its leaders think beyond their own lifetime."

"Risk is not recklessness; it is the calculated pursuit of possibility."

"The measure of a magnate is whether he leaves the world better than he found it."