I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work.

Life is work, and everything you do is so much more experience. Sometimes you work for wages, sometimes not, but what does anybody make but a living? And whatever you have you must either use or lose.

We try to pay a man what he is worth and we are not inclined to keep a man who is not worth more than the minimum wage.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

People are never so likely to be wrong as when they are organized. And they never have so little freedom. Perhaps that is why the people at large keep their freedom. People can be manipulated only when they are organized.

Believe in the best ... have a goal for the best, never be satisfied with less than your best, try your best, and in the long run things will turn out for the best

Three rules: I do not eat too much; I do not worry too much; and, if I do my best, I believe that what happens, happens for the best.