One who fears failure limits his activities. Failure is only the opportunity to more intelligently begin again.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.

That the Devil finds work for idle hands to do is probably true. But there is a profound difference between leisure and idleness.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice

As a young man, I was very interested in how people lived in earlier times; how they got from place to place, lighted their homes, cooked their meals and so on. So I went to the history books. Well, I could find out all about kings and presidents; but I could learn nothing of their everyday lives. So I decided that history is bunk.

The man who has the largest capacity for work and thought is the man who is bound to succeed.

It is always possible to do a thing better the second time.