"The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?"

"Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict."

"What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear."

"If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer."

"Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions."

"By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day."

"In business for yourself, not by yourself."

"You grow up a bit damaged or broken then you have some success but you don't know how to feel good about the work you're doing or the life you're leading."