The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.

First you get a habit, then it gets you.

If you fail to plan,you can plan to fail.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

The habit of expressing loosely organized opinions is one of the most destructive of habits.

One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.

Riches begin in the form of thought.