Man is the result of slow growth; that is why he occupies the position he does in animal life. What does a pup amount to that has gained its growth in a few days or weeks, beside a man who only attains it in as many years.

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

What this power is, I cannot say... All I know is that it exists.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

We are all too much inclined, I think, to walk through life with our eyes shut. There are things all round us and right at our very feet that we have never seen, because we have never really looked.

The only difference between success and failure is the ability to take action.

Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids.