Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.

The ordinary American - as far as I can tell - knows so much less than he did fifty years ago and has such poor work habits compared with fifty years ago that the average multiplicand of knowledge/capabilities is a much smaller number than it was in 1961.

Screaming at children over their grades, especially to the point of the child's tears, is child abuse, pure and simple. It's not funny and it's not good parenting. It is a crushing, scarring, disastrous experience for the child. It isn't the least bit funny.

I don't really consider myself to be a personal finance expert compared with some others. There are quite a few that know a lot more than I do.

The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.

The America that we knew as the smartest place on the planet is gone with the wind.

You must take the first step. The first steps will take some effort, maybe pain. But after that, everything that has to be done is real-life movement.