The endeavor to change universal power by selfish supplication I do not believe in.

Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.

Never be discouraged, because every wrong turn attempt, when left behind you, is another step forward taking you closer to your goals.

When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this - you haven't.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure.

I start where the last man left off. What the mind of man can conceive and believe, the mind of a man can achieve.

To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline is required. For faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction -- faith in fiction is a damnable false hope.