Richard Arkwright

"The true measure of success is not what one accumulates, but what one creates."

"A man's word in business is his bond; I have never broken mine."

"The machines I have built are but extensions of the human mind made manifest."

"I believe that the greatest gift one can leave is not money, but the capacity to earn it."

"The peace that comes from knowing one's work has advanced civilization is worth all the riches in the world."

"To lead is to serve the greater good, even when the greater good does not yet understand it."

"I have learned that innovation requires solitude for thought and collaboration for execution."

"The adventure of building something from nothing is the greatest adventure a man can know."

"One must be willing to stake everything on one's convictions, or have no convictions worth holding."

"The health of a nation depends upon the health of its industries."

"I have found that the most motivated workers are those who understand how they contribute to the whole."

"The accumulation of capital is a moral responsibility, for it enables the employment of others."

"To be an inventor is to be perpetually unsatisfied; satisfaction is the death of progress."

"I have learned that grace under pressure is the truest mark of a leader's character."

"The future respects those who respect the future enough to plan for it."

"One man's desperation to improve his condition is another man's opportunity to advance civilization."

"The power of machinery lies not in the machine itself, but in the mind that directs it."

"A man who cannot organize his own affairs is unfit to organize the affairs of others."

"Fortune favors those who prepare the ground before planting seeds."

"In the factory, as in life, precision separates the ordinary from the extraordinary."

"The accumulation of small improvements leads to magnificent progress."

"Competition refines both the product and the producer."

"To innovate is to risk ridicule; to succeed is to silence the critics."

"Wealth without wisdom is merely a heavy burden carried by a light mind."

"The spinner's wheel turns because discipline keeps it moving."

"Those who fear change are destined to become relics themselves."

"A partnership without trust is merely two individuals pretending at unity."

"The mark of a great manufacturer is not the goods he produces, but the men he develops."

"Every setback is a blueprint for future success if one has eyes to read it."

"The pursuit of excellence requires the rejection of mediocrity at every turn."