Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at
fifteen your double, and after that, your friend read more

Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at
fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe depending on
his bringing up.

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this read more

I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that read more

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

Chance can allow you to accomplish a goal every once in a while, but consistent achievement happens only if you read more

Chance can allow you to accomplish a goal every once in a while, but consistent achievement happens only if you love what you are doing.

Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for
good or evil-the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of read more

Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power for
good or evil-the silent, unconscious, unseen influence of his life. This
is simply the constant radiation of what man really is, not what he
pretends to be.

The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't
succeed; you must have a larger ambition. read more

The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't
succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business
success...If you do each day's task successfully, and stay faithfully
within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much
about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men read more

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.