We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value.

As a leader you should always start with where people are before you try to take them to where you want them to go.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

Don't spend all of your money a quarter at a time. Save up and buy something special, something fine, something of lasting value, or something that will give you rich memories for a lifetime. Remember, all that candy money can add up to a small fortune.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated every day. It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.

Wealth is not a matter of intelligence, it's a matter of inspiration.

All values must be won by contest, and after they have been won, they must be defended.