Owen D. Young

"The most powerful thing one man can do for another is to show him how to think."

"Industry and thrift make fortune."

"The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men do."

"Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed."

"A man who seeks applause from without is in slavery from within."

"There can be no prosperity without progress."

"The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create."

"Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life and not something done in addition to living."

"Men are not gathered together by laws; it is the impulses and the virtues of men that gather them together."

"Nothing will come of nothing."

"Be not afraid to give up the good to go for the great."

"Economic progress should not mean progress for only a few."

"A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder."

"The test of an institution is its effect on character."

"What is new is conflict with tradition."

"A man is not paid for the hour. He is paid for what he brings to the hour."

"The ultimate religion is the belief in the dignity of human beings."

"Life without purpose leads to emptiness."

"Truth is the great concern of the thinking man."

"We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs."

"The measure of a man is not what he thinks of himself, but what others think of him."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice."

"The business of America is not just business."

"To know is not enough; we must apply."

"Fear is the only thing that holds us back."

"Genius is the capacity for taking infinite pains."

"The world respects strength."

"A thought that is not practical does not deserve thought."

"The greatest privilege is to serve."

"Money is not the root of evil; the love of money is."