If at first you don't succeed, find out if the loser gets anything.

Whenever it is in any way possible, every boy and girl should choose as his life work some occupation which he should like to do anyhow, even if he did not need the money.

I find daily life not always joyous, but always interesting. I have some sad days and nights, but none that are dull. As I advance deeper into the vale of years, I live with constantly increasing gusto and excitement. I am sure it all means something; in the last analysis, I am an optimist because I believe in God. Those who have no faith are quite naturally pessimists and I do not blame them.

I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without a Bible.

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts, and we grow happier as we grow older.

My religious faith remains in possession of the field only after prolonged civil war with my naturally skeptical mind.

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.