There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring.

We have not journeyed all this way because we are made of sugar candy.

Without execution, thinking is mere idleness.

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

If I had my way, I would write the word 'insure' over every door of every cottage and upon the blotting pad of every public man, because I am convinced that, for sacrifice that are conceivably small, families can be secured against catastrophes which otherwise would smash them forever.

If you don't take change by the hand, it will take you by the throat.

You create your own universe as you go along.