Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Youdon't run twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is greatfor keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Greatthings come from our luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup ofsoup, and a good idea

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.