Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Never confuse movement with action.

There is no doubt that the first requirement for a composer is to be dead.

As the flectcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.

No matter how hard you work for success if your thought is saturated with the fear of failure, it will kill your efforts, neutralize your endeavors and make success impossible.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.

A tart temper never mellows with age; and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

The hand that rules the press, the radio, the screen and the far-spread magazine, rules the country.

We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.