The great trouble is that the preachers get the children from six to seven years of age and then it is almost impossible to do anything with them.

I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward.

My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it…. I am proud of the fact that I have never invented weapons to kill….

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another.

Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making an effort. Most people believe that they'll wake up some day and find themselves rich. Actually, they've got it half right, because eventually they do wake up.

Barring serious accidents, if you are not preoccupied with worry and you work hard, you can look forward to a reasonably lengthy existence.... Its not the hard work that kills, its the worrying that kills.