Every new development, highway, railroad, steamship line, building operation, whether it be a drainage project in old Greece or a new water system in Peru, means an added use of the automobile.

The real secret of success is enthusiasm.

The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers.

Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.

The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited they make a success of their lives.

To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

I like to build things, I like to do things. I am having a lot of fun .

I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.

Well, some people create their own opportunities; others go where opportunities are the greatest; others fail to recognize opportunity when they are face to face with it.

It devolves upon the United States to help motorize the world.

Collecting has always been in my blood.

Please do not ever think I am without you or you are without me, I live with you all the time.

Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent.

We learn from trials and errors.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.

Follow the truth of the way. Reflect upon it. Make it your own. Live it. It will always sustain you.

We feel understood by people who like us; misunderstood by people who don't -- and those feelings are probably realistic.

Every animator is really an actor performing in slow motion, living the character a drawing at a time.

Whereas Rolling Stone, I just never had anything to do with them. I'd stop by the office maybe twice a year.

My subject is my life, and my life is my subject.