We are not punished for our sins, but by them.

Thoroughness characterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinite painstaking, even to the minutest detail.

A creed is an ossified metaphor.

Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

The difference in men does not lie in the size of their hands, nor in the perfection of their bodies, but in this one sublime ability of concentration: to throw the weight in one blow, to live eternity in an hour.