The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.

The first task of a leader is to keep hope alive.

My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.

My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.

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.

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when read more

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work.

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to read more

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards.

Life must be lived forward, but can only be understood backwards.

If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.

If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

Failure is the tuition you pay for success.

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated
from right living.

There is no real excellence in all this world which can be separated
from right living.