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I tend to look at potential investments from the standpoint of whether it is a valuable contribution to society.

Indeed, in general, healthy investment returns cannot be sustained in a weak economy, and of course it is difficult to save for retirement or other goals without the income from a job.

I have been very fortunate to be successful in business, and I believe that it is right that people who have this type of wealth should give something back into society.

I really did believe that the most successful investments were the ones that you could own for the long run.

The poor are an especially important resource for innovation when they have the bravery and pluck to get out of the poor places in which they're living.

Only a strong economy can create higher asset values and sustainably good returns for savers.

In my experience, poor people are the world's greatest entrepreneurs. Every day, they must innovate in order to survive. They remain poor because they do not have the opportunities to turn their creativity into sustainable income.

Those of us who have yet to find philanthropy may find there is a far greater reward from it than from wealth creation.

The rich get richer. Not only because they have surpluses with which to invest, but because of the overriding emotional release they experience from having wealth.

In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.