"Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory."

"We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest."

"All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers."

"The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others it is in yourself alone."

"It's the movies that have really been running things in America ever since they were invented. They show you what to do, how to do it, when to do it, how to feel about it, and how to look how you feel about it."

"I do the very best I know how - the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end."

"Do not hurry what nature takes seasons to unfold. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome."