Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.

Control from without flourishes when discipline from within grows weak.

Too many of us vote for our prejudices instead of our desires.

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to repeat himself, not because he has little to say, but because he wants applause and the old stuff gets it.

Some men never master anything other than the details of a job. Others master the main idea back of the job.

Some people are making such thorough preparation for rainy days that they aren't enjoying today's sunshine.

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles that were known to our grandfathers.