Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.
It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.
Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it.
Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.