"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can't find them, make them."

"We are living in a world today where everything is topsy-turvy, and the only thing that is certain is uncertainty."

"To be well-informed is to have a great deal of information. To be wise is to have a great deal of information and to know what to do with it."

"A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it."

"The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life."