Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.
The right word might be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.
Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
For business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.
The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.
I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.