The man who always takes and never gives is not a leader. He is a parasite.

The average person would have quit at the first failure. That’s why there have been many average men and only one Edison.

If a person has built a sound character, it makes but little difference what people say about him, because he will win in the end.

Count that day lost whose descending sun finds you with no good deeds done.

Any man is educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it, and how to organize that knowledge into definite plans of action.

It takes a habit to replace a habit.

Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.