"To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success."

"The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world."

"Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man."

"Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that a single spark of imagination can ignite the world."

"Vision without execution is fantasy; execution without vision is chaos. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"The society based on production is only productive, not creative."

"I mean, first of all, let me say whichever superhero first came up with the idea of wearing a cape, he wasn't really onto anything good. The number of times I'm treading on that damn thing or I throw a punch and it ends up covering my whole head. It's really not practical."