Here is the secret of inspiration: Tell yourself that thousands and tens of thousands of people, not very intelligent and certainly no more intelligent than the rest of us, have mastered problems as difficult as those that now baffle you.

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Improvement of one's economic position is helped more by cool persistence than by hot enthusiasm.

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One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute.

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If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like.

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Problems always appear big when incompetent men are working on them.

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Nothing happens to you that has not happened to someone else.

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Many of our prayers were not answered, and for this we are now grateful.

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Everybody knows how to utter a complaint, but few can express a graceful compliment.

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The tragedy is that so many have ambition and so few have ability

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A hotel isn't like a home, but it's better than being a house guest.

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