The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.

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.

A truth is what it is. A lie, a thought out deception more brutal than a truth could ever be.

But death was her curse and her gift, and death had been her good friend these long, long years.

Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race

Her memories splashed my nights with a magical illumination. Her thoughts were my intoxication!

I pray to God that I shall not live one hour after I have thought of using deception.

The way to make money is to buy when blood is running in the streets.

The two party system just means that the corporations cut two checks instead of one.

When I was young, I thought banks were there to protect the assets of people who had justified concerns, because of their experiences under communism for example.

The enterprise can fulfill its human and social functions only if it prospers as a business.

Sportsmanship is making sure you have respect for the guy you're playing across from.