Competition is a sin.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.

Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed

I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

Life is magnificent and vivacious, but it is also fugacious.

Many people say that time heals all wounds, but that simply is not true. People can become more bitter, arrogant and spiteful with age.

Painting calmed the chaos that shook my soul.

We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.

Your life is not a problem to be solved, but an adventure to be enjoyed. You are doing better than you think.

Success can not be administrated.

To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it.

There is a joy in danger.

That strange blend of the commercial traveller, the missionary and the barbarian conqueror, which was the American abroad.

And you will believe in love And all that it's supposed to be But just until the fish start to smell And you're struck down by a hammer.