The real secret of success is enthusiasm.
Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.
The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers.
I feel sorry for the person who can’t get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.
I like to build things, I like to do things. I am having a lot of fun .
To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.
Whenever there is a hard job to be done...
The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited they make a success of their lives.
Collecting has always been in my blood.
Well, some people create their own opportunities; others go where opportunities are the greatest; others fail to recognize opportunity when they are face to face with it.
Every new development, highway, railroad, steamship line, building operation, whether it be a drainage project in old Greece or a new water system in Peru, means an added use of the automobile.
It devolves upon the United States to help motorize the world.
I always want to know how things work. Had I been Aladdin, I am certain that just after one wish or two, I’d have taken that old lamp apart to see if I could make another, better lamp.