When the Lord starts out to make an oak tree, he takes a hundred years to do it in, but he can make a pumpkin in 90 days. More or less life is like that. We must choose whether we desire to become and oak tree or a pumpkin.

Lack of industry is an attitude.

I suggest...that you develop early in life the habit of retiring and arising early. You remember the advice of Ben Franklin: "Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

People would rather be praised than criticized but the later may help us make more progress.

Building a successful life is much like building anything else: it should be thoroughly thought about in advance and then carried through to completion.

Some intentionally injure others through mocking, sarcasm with no intent to help. Others are trying to help.

There is a blueprint for every accomplishment-all we need to do is to know how to follow it. Trial and error is ridiculous after the truth has once been established.