“Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things read in books.”

Money never made a fool of anybody; it only shows them up.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer to your goal.

Growth is often a painful process.

Genius is the capacity of avoiding hard work.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.

All wages are based primarily on productive power. Anything else would be charity.

Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away.

I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love…I believe in sunshine, fresh air, friendship, calm sleep, beautiful thoughts.

People who are able to do their own thinking should not allow others to do it for them.

Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.

To make mistakes is human, but to profit from them is divine.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

If your religion does not change you, then you had better change your religion.

Success consists in the climb.

Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.

I didn’t go to Harvard because I thought they had good academics. I went because they had crappy enough sports so they’d let me play.

American history has fallen more and more into the hands of academics.

The Academies of Art are nothing but great painting factories – those with talent are fed in at one end, and they come out as mechanical painting machines.

I’ve always put great emphasis on the academics and getting your degree. It’s important because basketball is short term. The long term is what are you gonna do after college and after you no longer can bounce the ball.

There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an object of ambition to be admitted on their list.