We have one of our greatest human experiences when we get an active idea working in our minds.

A story is told that Whistler once painted a tiny picture of a spray of roses. The artistry involved in the picture was magnificent. Never before, it seemed, had the art of man been able to execute quite so deftly a reproduction of the art of nature.

Planning is the mother of almost every other ability. Make your plan and set a timetable for its accomplishment in writing.

The way of success is not run with seven league boots but step by step, little by little, bit by bit ... with no exceptions allowed.

You should always have 2 books...the one you're reading and the one you're writing.

I heard of somebody once who said he was interested in doing the greatest amount of good for the greatest number, and that the greatest number was number one. That was himself. That may sound like a little bit of selfishness, but if that is selfishness, at least it is a very intelligent selfishness. Everyone has a right to be interested in himself, and I am confident that God wants us to be interested in ourselves first; that is, the first soul that anyone should bring to God should be his own soul.

All temptations can be handled easily when we know how, because no temptation is a temptation at all unless we are entertaining it.