it is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system
for if they did i believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning
the only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing
anyone who stops learning is old whether at 20 or 80 anyone who keeps learning stays young
the greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young
thinking is the hardest work there is which is probably the reason why so few engage in it
coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success
there is no man living that cannot do more than he thinks he can
enthusiasm is the east that makes your hopes shine to the stars
when everything seems to be going against you
remember that the airplane takes off against the wind not with it
nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs
if money is your hope for independence you will never have it the only real security
that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge experience and ability
failure is simply the opportunity to begin again this time more intelligently
the whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do and then do it
if you always do what you've always done you'll always get what you've always got
competition is the key cutting edge of business always shaving away at costs
one of the greatest discoveries a man makes
one of his great surprises is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do
if you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing you're right
a business that makes nothing but money is a poor business
obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal
education is preeminently a matter of quality not amount
the short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty are not worth much
the competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you
at all but goes on making his own business better all the time
the genius of the american people is self-reliance
america is not a land of money but of wealth not a land of rich people but of successful workers
greatest thing we can produce is character
everything else can be taken from us but not our character
the unhappiest man on earth is the one who has nothing to do
a nation that knows how to work will never suffer
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