One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.

Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.

Success isn't a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future.

The key to everything is patience. You get the chicken by hatching the egg, not by smashing it.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.

The trouble with the future is that it usually arrives before we're ready for it.

What the country needs are a few labor-making inventions.

Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.

Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.

Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope.