Is it a fact -- or have I dreamt it -- that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.

The most confused we ever get is when we're trying to convince our heads of something our heart knows is a lie.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are always right. She may scold you for little things, but never for the big ones.

Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.

You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.