In life, as in football, you won’t go far unless you know where the goalposts are.

Nothing lasts forever–not even your troubles.

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

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.

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

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

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.

Success is simple. Do what’s right, the right way, at the right time.

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

All some folks want is their fair share and yours.

Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.

Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells they occupied.

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

Improvement begins with I.

Half a psychiatrist’s patients see him because they are married — the other half because they’re not.

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

It is harder to conceal ignorance than to acquire knowledge.

Laughter is a tranquilizer without after-effects.

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

The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion.

A consultant is someone who saves his client almost enough to pay his fee.

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.

The future is the past returning through another gate.

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

Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.

Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing.

Progress is what happens when impossibility yields to necessity.

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