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.
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.
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.