Mind you, I have had in my sojourn on earth as good a time of it as any man, so I can speak with some knowledge. A writer in the Manchester Guardian who is unknown to me lately described me as "the richest man in the world." That sounds a pretty big order, but when I come to think it out I believe he is not far wrong. A rich man is not necessarily a man with a whole pot of money but a man who is really happy. And I am that.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best

It is risky to order a boy not to do something; it immediately opens to him the adventure of doing it.

In a difficult situation one never-failing guide is to ask yourself: "What would Christ have done?" Then do it-as nearly as you can.

The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others.

We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it.