Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand.

The essential element in personal magnetism is a consuming sincerity - an overwhelming faith in the importance of the work one has to do.

My program is to leave the fools to nature. She has diseases with which to deal with them.

In the long run no individual prospers beyond the measure of his faith.

Much brass has been sounded and many cymbals tinkled in the name of advertising; but the advertisements which persuade people to act are written by men who have an abiding respect for the intelligence of their readers, and a deep sincerity regarding the merits of the goods they have to sell.

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.

Learn their lesson, that if you would teach people you first must capture their interest with news; that your service rather than your sermons must be your claim upon their attention; that what you say must be simple, and brief, and above all sincere - the unmistakable voice of true regard and affection.