"No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?"
"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."
"Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace."
"There is no failure except in no longer trying."
"The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it."
"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you."
"God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars."
"Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure."
"An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness."
"The artist needs no religion beyond his work."
"A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run."
"The thing we fear we bring to pass."
"A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them."
"Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street."
"If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble."
"Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life."
"Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped."
"Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear."
"We are punished by our sins, not for them."
"The cure for grief is motion."
"No one ever gets far unless he accomplishes the impossible at least once a day."
"Every man is a damned fool for at least five minutes every day. Wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit."
"There is no failure except in no longer trying."
"No explanation ever explains the necessity of making one."
"The teacher is one who makes two ideas grow where only one grew before."