Machines were devised not to do a man out of a job, but to take the heavy labor from man's back and place it on the broad back of the machine.

History's just one darn thing after another.

You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. Enthusiasm is the spark in your eye, the swing in your gait, the grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of your will and your energy to execute your ideas. Enthusiasts are fighters, they have fortitude, they have strong qualities. Enthusiasm is at the bottom of all progress. With it there is accomplishment. Without it there are only alibis.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

Business is never as healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what it gets.

If it doesn't add value, it's waste.

The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.