“Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark”
“A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it”
“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high: where knowledge is free, where the world has not been broken into fragments by narrow domestic walls……….. ……into that heaven of freedom, my father let my country awake”
“The only thing we have to fear is to fear itself”
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today”
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people, a nation does not have to cruel in order to be tough”
“The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful. Too often we fail to recognize and pay tribute to the creative spirit. It is that spirit that creates our jobs”
“There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy”
“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm”
“To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often”
“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give”
“Perfection of means & confusion of goals seem, in my opinion to characterize our age. If we desire sincerely and passionately the safety the welfare and free development of talents of men, we shall not be in want of the means to approach such a state. Even if small part of mankind strives for such goals, their superiority will prove itself in the long-run”
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new”
“A many may die nations may rise and fail, but an idea live on”
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction”
“There are many kinds of courage-bravery under fine, courage to risk reputation and friendship and career for conviction which are deeply held. Perhaps the rarest courage of all for the skill to purse it is given to a very few men -is the courage to wage a silent battle to illuminate the nature of man and the world in which he lives”
“The most important aspect of the running a business is to make the corporate ideals clear. This provides the backbone of the business. It is vital to insure each member of the company, from the president down to newest employee, has the same answer to the question “for what reason do we all go work?”
“Don’t say ‘I can’t, but rather, ‘How can I?’ ‘”
“We will never know all the good that a smile could do”
“Be faithful in small things because it is in them your strength lies”
“A business of high principles attracts high caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive profit edge”
“People should be judged on the basis of their performance not nationality, personality, education or personal traits and skills”