The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit of life.

Character is itself a fortune.

No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.

For want of self-restraint many men are engaged all their lives in fighting with difficulties of their own making.

A fig-tree looking on a fig-tree becometh fruitful," says the Arabian proverb. And so it is with children; their first great instructor is example.

The best school of discipline is home. Family life is God's own method of training the young, and homes are very much as women make them.

Help from without is often enfeebling in its effects, but help from within invariably invigorates.

The spirit of self-help is the root of all genuine growth in the individual.

Good character is property. It is the noblest of all possessions.

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.

Life will always be to a large extent what we ourselves make it.

Where there is a will there is a way.

The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted.

We never played China, India or Africa. We also haven't played Russia enough. I would love to play those places.

They [The Beatles] were the first band to not have a lead singer in the band.

I think that is just about as dishonest as a person giving a bad interview. I despise people like that; they don't get two tries. It's all just sensation. It is always bullshit.