It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones who win in the lifelong race.

No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success; If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.