If we lacked imagination enough to foresee something better, life would indeed be a tragedy.

Real, constructive mental power lies in the creative thought that shapes your destiny, and your hour-by-hour mental conduct produces power for change in your life. Develop a train of thought on which to ride. The nobility of your life as well as your happiness depends upon the direction in which that train of thought is going.

An intelligence test sometimes shows a man how smart he would have been not to have taken it.

We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves.

The man who is always waving the flag usually waives what it stands for.

A true friend will see you through when others see that you are through.

Many an optimist has become rich simply by buying out a pessimist.