The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.

There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.

There is a certain class of race problem-solvers who don't want the patient to get well, because as long as the disease holds out they have not only an easy means of making a living, but also an easy medium through which to make themselves prominent before the public.

We shall prosper as we learn to do the common things of life in an uncommon way. Let down your buckets where you are.

You measure the size of the accomplishment by the obstacles you have to overcome to reach your goals.

The man who has learned to do something better than anyone else, has learned to do a common thing in an uncommon manner, is the man who has a power and influence that no adverse circumstances can take from him.

Never get to the point where you will be ashamed to ask anybody for information. The ignorant man will always be ignorant if he fears that by asking another for information he will display ignorance. Better once display your ignorance of a certain subject than always know nothing of it.