"Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing."

"If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life."

"Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game."

"My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging."

"Example is not the main thing in influencing others, it is the only thing."

"All of the great achievers of the past have been visionary figures; they were men and women who projected into the future. They thought of what could be, rather than what already was, and then they moved themselves into action, to bring these things into fruition."

"In civil business, what first? Boldness. What's second and third? Boldness."

"In the long run, men hit only what they aim at."

"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."

"It is easier to make money than to save it. One is exertion; the other, self-denial."

"I have never seen pessimists make anything work, or contribute anything of lasting value."

"I have learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances."

"Confidence -- thrives only on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them, it cannot live."

"A bold heart is half the battle."

"For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth -- to know the worst and provide for it."

"A wise person does at once what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing, only at different times."

"Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds."

"Going into business for yourself, becoming an entrepreneur, is the modern-day equivalent of pioneering on the old frontier."

"Strength does not come from physical capability. It comes from an indomitable will."

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."