Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.

The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

What keeps so many people back is simply unwillingness to pay the price, to make the exertion, the effort to sacrifice their ease and comfort.

She'll let you put her in her place. But she won't stand for anything worse than first.

There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence transform a yellow spot into sun.

The monotony and solitude of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind.

I feel as if I can take Indian stories, make them mine and take them to the world.

I have worked with Presidents since Eisenhower. We serve together.

Optimist: day-dreamer in his small clothes.

What happens in the past, is in the past. But don't be surprised if it comes back and haunts you.

The truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.

And one game, as we know, can cost you a lot.

Actually, my ideal life would be to have an evergreen tree farm and, every December, I'd load them up and just stand out on the street and sell Christmas trees.