Almost any idea is good if a man has ability and is willing to work hard. The best idea is worthless if the creator is a loafer and ineffective.

Change, not habit, is what gets most of us down; habit is the stabilizer of human society, change accounts for its progress.

Most persons who indulge in second thought don't do much thinking when the subject is presented for first thought.

I have won every argument I ever had with myself.

Problems always appear big when incompetent men are working on them.

Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke.

A determination to succeed is the only way to succeed that I know anything about.