Any man can learn anything he will, but no man can teach except to those who want to learn.

When you get a whole country - as did ours - thinking that Washington is a sort of heaven and behind its clouds dwell omniscience and omnipotence, you are educating that country into a dependent state of mind which augers ill for the future.

Progress is not made by pulling off a series of stunts. Each step has to be regulated. A man cannot expect to progress without thinking.

If governments would only understand that if people are left alone they'll work out their own salvation.

The unhappiest man on earth is the one who has nothing to do.

When you once get an idea in which you believe with all your heart, work it out.

The best way to make money in business is not to think too much about making it.