Would you like to know the great drama of my life? It is that I have put my genius into my life...I have put only my talent into my works.

The Master replied, "The person who would wrestle a tiger bare-handed or march across the Yellow River,106 and who would go to his death without regret—this person I would not take along. It would have to be someone who would approach any situation with trepidation, and who would be fond of planning with an eye to success.

I'm fixin to go do somethin dumbern hell but I'm goin anyways. If I dont come back tell Mother I love her. Your mother's dead Llewelyn. Well I'll tell her myself then.

You'll never achieve real success unless you like what you're doing.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

Keep busy. The worried person must lose himself in action, lest he wither in despair.

Those two priceless abilities: first, the ability to think. Second, the ability to do things in the order of their importance.

For better or for worse, you must play your own little instrument in the orchestra of life.

measure my accomplishments," said Daniel W. Josselyn, "not by how tired I am at the end of the day, but how tired I am not." He said, "When I feel particularly tired at the end of the day, or when irritability proves that my nerves are tired, I know beyond question that it has been an inefficient day both as to quantity and quality.

Mr. Funkhouser, I believe I can make money for you.

Good Working Habit No. 2: Do Things in the Order of Their Importance.

First priority becomes first action.