“The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.”

I believe it is possible that I shall make other creeds, and change this one, or add to it, from time to time, as new light may come to me.

As we grow better, we meet better people.

Fences are made for those who cannot fly.

Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth.

A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.

You can lead a boy to college, but you cannot make him think.

Where parents do too much for their children, the children will not do much for themselves.

God will not look you over for medals degrees or diplomas, but for scars.

The fool is not the man who merely does foolish things. The fool is the man who does not know enough to cash in on his foolishness.

The greatest mistake a person can make is to be afraid of making one.

The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.

Men are rich only as they give. He who gives great service gets great rewards.

In order to have friends, you must first be one.

Everything comes too late for those who only wait.

Be yourself and think for yourself, and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the inclusions forced upon you by those who have a personal interest in keeping you in ignorance.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

I fear my enthusiasm flags when real work is demanded of me.

Whenever we’re afraid, it’s because we don’t know enough. If we understood enough, we would never be afraid.

Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.

Positive thinkers get positive results because they are not afraid of problems.

Luck is everything… My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I’m fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn’t make a good suspense film.

I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me.

The main cause of poverty or financial struggle is fear and ignorance, not the economy or the government or the rich.

The constant assertion of belief is an indication of fear.