Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

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.

But if what can exist does exist, is memory invention or is invention memory?

Hug is a holy kiss.

in the linked arms of Bacchus and Aphrodite.

Under capitalism each individual engages in economic planning.

I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing.

nothing is so sad as the injustices of old age.

I have never tried [cocaine] in my entire life. I've never even seen it. ... I am also way too high-strung. I can't even take a Sudafed. Can you imagine? My God. I think my heart would explode.

Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know them. And yet they inhabit a world which is really rather mysterious.

I cannot work and listen to Wagner at the same time, nor Mahler, nor Beethoven's late quartets. I enjoy listening to Chopin's piano music when I work.