The disciplined are free.
I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life’s problems.
There’s no better friend to any merchant than a fair competitor.
It is the service we are not obliged to give that people value most.
The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.
I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.
Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.
Hostesses who entertain much must make up their parties as ministers make up their cabinets, on grounds other than personal liking.
If you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list.
No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live.
The English never draw a line without blurring it.
You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices.
Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
One of the benefits of a college education is to show the boy its little avail.
It is the flash which appears, the thunderbolt will follow.
No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.
If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.
In heaven an angel is no one in particular.
There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known.
Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.
No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more than pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.
