“Do real and permanent good in this world.”

The greatest astonishment of my life was the discovery that the man who does the work is not the man who gets rich.

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.

There is little success where there is little laughter.

It is the mind that makes the body rich. There is no class so pitiably wretched as that which possesses money and nothing else.

Pittsburgh entered the core of my heart when I was a boy and cannot be torn out.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes

It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.

Young man, make your name worth something.

A man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owing real estate.

I don’t believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life.

The first man gets the oyster, the second man gets the shell.

You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.

tall oaks from little acorns grow.

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

We were never right for each other. But damn we were such a good wrong while it lasted.

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

Forgiveness is simply about understanding that every one of us is both inherently good and inherently flawed.

For friends, do but look upon good books, they are true friends, that will neither flatter nor dissemble.

maybe all we need is some good music, good company, and bad dancing to remind us what it is to be alive

We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know.

It’s good to give up on some things, sometimes it lets you free.

In the end what matters is not how good we are but how good God is. Not how much we love Him but how much He loves us. And God loves us whoever we are, whatever we’ve done or failed to do, whatever we believe or can’t.