For national and social disasters, for moral and financial evils, the cure begins in the Household.

... there can be no real beauty without neatness and order.

The mind is a phonograph which shall keep and echo the impressions of the past.

Reaching toward perfection in any one thing should lift us higher in all things; it should beget a habit of application and thoroughness.

Every home has its influences, for good or evil, upon humanity at large.

Half a loaf is better than no bread.

it is always easier to see the beginning from the end, than the end from the beginning.

Nothing so breaks the spirit as a load of debt.

fully half of Household miseries arise from a lack of order.

disorder is the slowest worker in the universe.

human honesty has its varieties; so does human ignorance.

Take the side of truth, you'll be right every time.

A mind that is determined to succeed can never fail to achieve.

At the risk bragging, one of the things I'm best at is riding coattails. Behind every successful man is me, smiling and taking partial credit.

Rise and take your stance once again

If you're unhappy, what is it in your life that you're not facing?

Auctions are bizarre combinations of slave market, trading floor, theatre and burlesque... a lot of people are going to be making a lot of excuses or maintaining that they were never part of this.

I always wanted the ball in my hands with a game on the line, as I think any real competitor does.

Condemning others as bad or sinful is a way to feel righteous. Such a feeling is a powerful mood alteration and can become highly addictive.

Getting to know athletes from all over the planet is a big part of the Olympic experience.

Those who study the stars have God for a teacher.