The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.

Enthusiasm is the electric current that keeps the engine of life going at top speed. Enthusiasm is the very propeller of progress.

The man who is too busy to read is never likely to lead.

Honesty pays dividends both in dollars and in peace of mind.

Work done with little effort is likely to yield little result.

The man who is cocksure that he has arrived is ready for the return journey.

Thomas Edison reads not for entertainment but to increase his store of knowledge. He sucks in information as eagerly as the bee sucks honey from flowers. The whole world, so to speak, pours its wisdom into his mind. He regards it as a criminal waste of time to go through the slow and painful ordeal of ascertaining things for one's self if these same things have already been ascertained and made available by others. In Edison's mind knowledge is power.