Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

To me this is the most beautiful, the most satisfactory from a scientific standpoint, the most logical theory of life. For thirty years I have leaned toward the theory of Reincarnation. It seems a most reasonable philosophy and explains many things.

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

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

Come ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of Harvest-home!

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.

Anyone who keeps learning stays young.