The secret of happiness is in a cheerful, contented mind. He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and can enjoy what others own.

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.

I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.

The problem with me is, I guess, the way I express myself, you have to be with me 50 years before you can get a sense of what I'm talking about.

The morality of work is the morality of slaves, and the modern world has no need of slavery.

God will give you no more than you can handle.

The girls everyone considers the "prettiest" are not always the most interesting or ambitious people.

Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique.

Recommending gastric bypass as a national solution for our diabetes epidemic is bad medicine and bad economics.

If you're looking for the suspect in a suicide bombing, here's a clue: Look for the dead guy.

Education makes some men wiser, others more ridiculous and foolish!

Henry Fonda's son: That's how everybody identified me until Easy Rider came along. Good old Captain America.