My point, continued Rhy, is for every ten that worship you, one wants to see you burn. Those are simply the odds when it comes to people like you and I.

The difference between getting somewhere and nowhere is the courage to make an early start. The fellow who sits still and does just what he is told will never be told to do big things.

The man who does not work for the love of work but only for money is not likely to make money nor find much fun in life.

Don't limit investing to the financial world. Invest something of yourself, and you will be richly rewarded.

Anarchy is a state of society where the only government is reason.

When a man has put a limit on what he will do, he has put a limit on what he can do.

I consider my ability to arouse enthusiasm among men the greatest asset I possess. The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.

In the new world, it is not the big fish which eats the small fish, it's the fast fish which eats the slow fish.

The best place to succeed is where you are with what you've got.

A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.

One can succeed at almost anything for which he has enthusiasm.

To remain lying on thorns (kanta) is called boredom (kantado).

Nature seems to welcome defiance of conventions, and to say, with a smile, 'So, the truant has come back again!' ("Absolute Evil")

Impatience dries the blood sooner than age or sorrow.

Democracy represents the disbelief in all great men and in all elite societies: everybody is everybody's equal.

When Jack Benny has a party, you not only bring your own scotch, you bring your own rocks.

Each of us has his own alphabet with which to create poetry.

Puce Women was my love affair with Hollywood... with all the great goddesses of the silent screen. They were to be filmed in their homes; I was, in effect, filming ghosts.

Being where I'm at, standing in these shoes, it feels amazing. It feels like a weight has been lifted.

Playing gives me as much good feeling now as it did when I was a bitty kid.

I truly believe that I have been given a second chance at life. I never expected the results I have had.