I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

Simplicity is the key to brilliance.

Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.

If you want to learn to swim, jump into the water. On dry land, no frame of mind is ever going to help you.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

I'm not a master, I'm a student-master, meaning that I have the knowledge of a master and the expertise of a master, but I'm still learning, So I'm a student-master. I don't believe in the word master, I consider the master as such when they close the casket.

Ford: "It's unpleasantly like being drunk."
Arthur: "What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
Ford: "You ask a glass of water."

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.

A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving...

The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in the United States is closely connected with this.