I do know that when I am 60, I should be attempting to achieve different personal goals than those which had priority at age 20.

A good idea is never lost. Even though its originator or possessor may die without publicizing it, it will someday be reborn in the mind of another....

No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.

To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.

Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.

When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.

I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things.

Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

Be quick, but don't hurry.

One of the main weaknesses of mankind is the average man's familiarity with the word 'impossible'.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my axe.

It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.

No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country