Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage.
If I’d listened to customers, I’d have given them a faster horse.
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
The people must be helped to think naturally about money. They must be told what it is, and what makes it money, and what are the possible tricks of the present system which put nations and peoples under control of the few.
If the people really set their minds on anything it is impossible to prevent their getting what they want.
Almost all enduring success comes to people after they are forty. For seldom does mature judgment arrive before then.
If there is one thing I would banish from earth, it is fear. And the only way to do that is to see that there is nothing to fear – nothing in all of life to be afraid of.
The farther we get away from the land, the greater our insecurity.
I believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn’t need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.
We are here for experience, and experience is a preparation to know the Truth when we meet it.
An educated man is not one whose memory is trained to carry a few dates in history – he is one who can accomplish things.
Old men are always advising young men to save money. That is bad advice. Don’t save every nickel. Invest in yourself. I never saved a dollar until I was forty years old.
It’s your thinking that decides whether you’re going to succeed or fail.
The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
Education is not something to prepare you for life; it is a continuous part of life.
Business must be run at a profit, else it will die. But when anyone tries to run a business solely for profit, then also the business must die, for it no longer has a reason for existence.
Three rules: I do not eat too much; I do not worry too much; and, if I do my best, I believe that what happens, happens for the best.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.
The way to learn to do things is to do things. The way to learn a trade is to work at it. Success teaches how to succeed. Begin with the determination to succeed, and the work is half done already.
As we serve our jobs we serve the world.