Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.

My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was less competition there.

In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be Enthusiasm.

Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming more interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.