One of the most productive things that we ever do in our lives is to think. To be able to think is to be able to decide, to judge, to have opinions and convictions, and to entertain a point of view. To be able to think is to be able to love, to believe, to work, to originate, and to organize.

Difficulty is one of the prices that we pay for our blessings.

Lack of industry is an attitude.

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

God did not intend that we should be cowards, or delinquents, or fools, or sinners or weaklings. He created us in his own image and commanded us to be men.

Most procrastination is largely indecision. Someone has said that "hell is just truth seen too late."

You can't judge a man by watching him live. . . . I personally watched Babe Ruth at bat three times, and he struck out every time. But at the very time that I was watching him strike out, the record said that he was the greatest home-run king who ever lived.