It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

An empty Bag cannot stand upright.

No success is worth attaining if it requires that you surrender your innermost values and morals to get it.

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee

We must all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately.

These are days when no one should rely unduly on his "competence." Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.