"An educated man is not one whose memory is trained to carry a few dates in history - he is one who can accomplish things."

"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by sitting at a desk and letting others do the work for him is doomed to failure."

"Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought directly. It comes as a by-product of rendering useful service."

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools."

"The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time."