I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.
There was one who thought himself above me, and he was above me until he had that thought.
One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
If you want work well done, select a busy man - the other kind has no time.
Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.
No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.
Most people like hard work, particularly when they're paying for it.
Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.
Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.
Every tyrant who ever lived has believed in freedom — for himself.
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
The man who knows it can't be done counts the risk, not the reward.
Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
No man ever did or can do a great work alone.
We find what we expect to find, and we receive what we ask for.
Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.
Man's greatest blunder has been in trying to make peace with the skies instead of making peace with his neighbors
If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
The wise way to benefit humanity is to attend to your own affairs, and thus give other people an opportunity to look after theirs.
An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.
Luck is tenacity of purpose.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
If you suffer, thank God! It is a sure sign that you are alive.
If it was woman who put man out of Paradise, it is still woman, and woman only, who can lead him back.
As a career, the business of an orthodox preacher is about as successful as that of a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos cat through hell.
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