- Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these stronger and more prosperous. Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith! Go forward!
- Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
- Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
- I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.
- If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
- Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
- Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.
- Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.
- Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.
- The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.
- There is no substitute for hard work.