We work to become, not to acquire.
A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in the experience.
Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.
As a career the business of an orthodox preacher is about as successful as that of a celluloid dog chasing an asbestos cat through Hell.
The line between failure and success is so fine that we scarcely know when we pass it: so fine that we are often on the line and do not know it.
This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.
Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom for himself.
Die, v.: To stop sinning suddenly.
Never get married in college it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.
Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.
Two-thirds of all preachers, doctors and lawyers are hanging on to the coat tails of progress, shouting, whoa! while a good many of the rest are busy strewing banana peels along the line of march.
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.
Be pleasant until ten o'clock in the morning and the rest of the day will take care of itself.
Friendship, like credit, is highest when it is not used.
Art is the beautiful way of doing things. Science is the effective way of doing things. Business is the economic way of doing things.
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.
It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.
God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.
Optimism is a kind of heart stimulant - the digitalis of failure.