Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.

The only thing between you and success is your thinking. Defeatist thoughts are the mother of inaction.

A peaceful soul haunts the warring mind.

Art is what separates us from the animals.

Cynicism is the calling card of unhappy people.

Your spirit lives on in your work. YOU decide what manner of work that will be.

Think about it. Every time you fail at a task you've actually learned something new. The question is "what?"

Love changes things; hope allows us to endure until the change arrives.

There are no safeguards that can protect the emotional investor from himself.

To build wealth today, you must be in your own business.

Wealth is only a benefit of the game of money. If you win, the money will be there.

If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.

Some people find oil. Others don't.

If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead -- if you strike oil.

I buy when other people are selling.

Age doesn't matter, unless you are cheese.

Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

You must not only learn to live with tension, you must seek it out. You must learn to thrive on stress.