Goodwill is the only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.

Buying real estate is not only the best way, the quickest way, the safest way, but the only way to become wealthy.

I was determined not to remain poor.

The greatest good [a man] can do is to cultivate himself in order that he may be of greater use to humanity.

Right or wrong, the customer is always right.

Beware of a misfit occupation. . . . Consider carefully your natural bent, whether for business or a profession.

More things to remember: 7) The value of time; 8) The pleasure of working; 9) The obligation of duty; 10) The power of kindness; 11) The wisdom of economy; 12) The virtue of patience.

Give the lady what she wants!

Freedom of the press and also of speech, assembly, and worship can persist as social forms and legal guarantees, while at the same time their functional realities can be gradually slipping away.

True prayer is pleading with God for that which He wants to do anyway.

We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

Will you come down and kiss me good night?

There may be writing groups where people meet but it's occasional. You really do it all at your own computer or your own typewriter by yourself.

a man who had fallen among thieves lay by the roadside on his back dressed in fifteenthrate ideas wearing a round jeer for a hat

So, instead of spending my strength quarreling with the hand, I would strike for the heart of that great tyranny.

The earth does not need new continents, but new men.

If he betrays you, I will finish what I started with his fingers," he said, and I shivered. "Tell him that.

Fortunately, I was given an incredible foundation from my independent mother. She showed me what was possible from a strong, loving woman.

Life without literary studies is death.