The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

No one is rich enough to do without neighbour.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

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

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.