Edward Harriman

"Progress demands that we build upon the achievements of our predecessors."

"In business, as in life, integrity is the only currency that never devalues."

"Transportation networks are the skeleton upon which civilization builds its flesh."

"A visionary leader inspires not obedience, but participation."

"The greatest fortunes are built on the foundation of service."

"Mediocrity is the luxury of those without ambition."

"Every successful venture begins with someone refusing to accept limitation."

"Capital follows confidence, and confidence follows competence."

"The expansion of human potential requires the expansion of human mobility."

"Those who shape industries shape history."

"A man of substance leaves behind not just wealth, but systems that endure."

"The true measure of success is stability, not sensation."

"Innovation is the refusal to accept yesterday's solutions as tomorrow's answers."

"Markets reward those who understand them; they punish those who fear them."

"Every nail in every tie of every railroad is driven by human aspiration."

"The strength to build is greater than the strength to acquire."

"Empires of commerce are built by those who think in decades, not quarters."

"The best return on investment is often invisible—it's in the lives touched."

"Consolidation without vision is merely the gathering of corpses."

"A railway is more than iron and wood; it is the promise of connection."

"In times of uncertainty, the steady hand builds what the panicked abandon."

"The businessman who forgets the humanity in business has forgotten his purpose."

"Power without responsibility is merely tyranny with a profit margin."

"Progress is not the absence of struggle; it is the conquest of struggle."

"The greatest business is one that solves the greatest problems."

"Those who build for permanence must think like philosophers, not like speculators."

"Expansion without foundation is a house built upon sand."

"A man's legacy is not measured in dollars but in direction—where he pointed civilization."

"The courage to invest is the courage to believe in tomorrow."

"Every transaction is a negotiation between trust and skepticism."