There Is Little Success Where

And There Is No Use Whatever, Gentlemen, Trying To Help People Who Do Not Help Themselves. You Cannot Push Any One Up A Ladder Unless He Be Willing To Climb A Little Himself.

I Demand Riches In Definite Terms; I Have A Definite Plan For Acquiring Riches;i Am Engaged In Carrying Out My Plan, And I Am Giving An Equivalent,in Useful Service, Of The Value Of Those Riches I Demand.

There Is No Class So Pitiably Wretched As That Which Possesses Money And Nothing Else.

Neither The Individual Nor The Race Is Improved By Almsgiving. The Best Means Of Benefiting The Community Is To Place Within Its Reach The Ladders Upon Which The Aspiring Can Rise.

I Choose Free Libraries As The Best Agencies For Improving The Masses Of The People, Because They Give Nothing For Nothing. They Only Help Those Who Help Themselves.