Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. Accordingly, a  ‘genius’ is often merely a talented person who has done all of his or her homework.

The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand – without growing weary. Because such thinking is often difficult, there seems to be no limit to which some people will go to avoid the effort and labor that is associated with it….

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.

If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves….

I have far more respect for the person with a single idea who gets there than for the person with a thousand ideas who does nothing….

Whatever the mind of man creates, should be controlled by man’s character.

From his neck down a man is worth a couple of dollars a day, from his neck up he is worth anything that his brain can produce.