The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'.

You can't make souffle rise twice.

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good.

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy

I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.'

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless.

Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.

I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game!

Be quick, but don't hurry.

When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.

Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.

Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.

One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.

If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your plan will go to work on you. Whatever good things we build end up building us.

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.