There can be no mass movement without some deliberate misrepresentation of facts.

The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind.

What monstrosities would walk the streets were some people's faces as unfinished as their minds.

Men of thought seldom work well together, whereas between men of action there is usually an easy camaraderie.

We never say so much as when we do not quite know what we want to say. We need few words when we have something to say, but all the words in all the dictionaries will not suffice when we have nothing to say and want desperately to say it.

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.

There is a time when the word "eventually" has the soothing effect of a promise, and a time when the word evokes in us bitterness and scorn.