What is initiative? I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.

Imagination judges the future by the past, but concerns itself with the future more than with the past.

Failure seems to be nature's plan for preparing us for great responsibilities.

First you give life and action and guidance to ideas, then they take on power of their own and sweep aside all opposition.

Your real wealth can be measured not by what you have but by who you are.

The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.