"A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it."

"To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also."

"The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it."

"It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately."

"It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends."

"A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort."

"In every person who comes near you look for what is good and strong."

"Your labor only may be sold, your soul must not."

"The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence."

"You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars. With it, there is accomplishment. Without it there are only alibis."

"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."

"A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it."

"Whatever you have, you must either use or lose."

"Don't find fault, find a remedy."

"Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain."

"There isn't a person anywhere who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can."

"Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice."

"You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win."

"Never let 'em see you ache"; that's what Mr. Mayer always said. Or was it ass; "Never let 'em see your ass"?"

"There's no room for demons when you're self-possessed."

"Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title."

"Everything that is right or natural pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, 'Tis time to part."

"My favorite driver is always either the bad guy or the underdog."

"Ask anyone who's successful how they got there, you're going to hear a different story."