Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things read in books.
Man creates both his god and his devil in his own image. His god is himself at his best, and his devil himself at his worst.
What we call God's justice is only man's idea of what he would do if he were God.
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure contumely without resentment.
The line between failure and success is so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it. How many a person has thrown up his or her hands at a time when a little more effort, a little more patience, would have achieved success. A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.
The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.
A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.
Library: A place where the dead lie.
Business is a fight, a continual struggle, just as life is
Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.
A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.
Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.
Failure -- The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.
It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.
Theology is Classified Superstition.
We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them.
Dogma is a lie reiterated and authoritatively injected into the mind of one or more persons who believe that they believe what someone else believes.
Life is just one damned thing after another.
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.
In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.
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