Golf is an indispensable adjunct to high civilisation.

Those who would administer [charity] wisely must, indeed, be wise, for one of the serious obstacles to the improvement of our race is indiscriminate charity. It were better for mankind that the millions of the rich were thrown into the sea than spent to encourage the slothful, the drunken, the unworthy. Of every thousand dollars spent in so-called charity today, it is probable that nine hundred and fifty dollars is unwisely spent - so spent, indeed, as to produce the very evils which it hopes to mitigate or cure.

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition.

Mutual ignorance breeds mutual distrust.

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I'll show you a winner every time.