People survived by being cautious, but they got ahead by being bold.

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 be motivated by divine love is for everything to be possible

I think casting a show is an art form in and of itself. We're all so different - the cast is made up partly of real stand-ups, partly of actors, and then partly of just legendary actors.

I think the most overused words in our vocabulary in the South are black and white.

And let its meaning permeate each day. Whatever comes, This too shall pass away.

A theory should not attempt to explain all the facts, because some of the facts are wrong

We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.

If I don't stay creative and if I don't stay in the studio and keep writing and recording, I get kind of depressed. I can't quite remember what I'm supposed to be doing with myself.

I once tried to make lace - which has been a great obsession of women - unsexy. And I achieved it.

Thus another friendship was dashed on the cruel rocks amid the storm of my self-destruction.

Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives.