Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good. I know better. The things I worry about don't happen.

Don't tell me that worry doesn't do any good. I know better. The things I worry about don't happen.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

I have lost everything, and I am so poor now that I really cannot afford to let anything worry me.

I have lost everything, and I am so poor now that I really cannot afford to let anything worry me.

In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as read more

In this country we encourage "creativity" among the mediocre, but real bursting creativity appalls us. We put it down as undisciplined, as somehow "too much.".

This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one read more

This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men.

Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.

Mediocrity obtains more with application than superiority without it.

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.

The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities.

"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.

"Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.

Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as read more

Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.