“Show me a man of average ability but extraordinary desire and I will show you a winner everytime.”

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

When fate hands us a lemon, let’s try to make lemonade.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.

TEAMWORK: the fuel that allows common people attain uncommon results.

All human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration.

Perhaps the most tragic thing about mankind is that we are all dreaming about some magical garden over the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses that are right outside today.

No man becomes rich unless he enriches others

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

East or West Home is best.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or to get all the credit for doing it

air castles are often within our grasp late in life, but then they charm not.

There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.

Here lies one who knew how to get around him, men who were cleverer than himself

Do real and permanent good in this world.

Not only had I got rid of the theology and the supernatural, but I had found the truth of evolution.

Singing kind of came out of nowhere.

Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.

My parents make sure we have everything we need so that we compete to the best of our abilities.

The camera cannot, but the photographer can.

The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.

We must remember that a photograph can hold just as much as we put into it, and no one has ever approached the full possibilities of the medium.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.

I always knew I had something special.