“A man’s reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.”

You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he is willing to climb a little.

The man who dies rich, dies disgraced

That best portion of a good man’s life— His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. It is a never failing spring in the desert.

We cannot afford to lose the Negro. We have urgent need of all and more. Let us therefore turn our efforts to making the best of him.

I am as a speck of dust in the sun, and not even so much, in this solemn, mysterious, unknowable universe.

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.

I don’t care about revenues.

The worse feeling is when someone makes you feel special, then suddenly leaves you hanging, and you have to act like you don’t care at all.

You lose nothing when fighting for a cause. In my mind the losers are those who don’t have a cause they care about.

One should go to the woods for safety, if for nothing else.

Do a good job. You don’t have to worry about the money; it will take care of itself. Just do your best work – then try to trump it.

Your business, and your brand must first let people know what you care about and that you care about them.

I’ve been running a lot, taking care of myself.

It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.