“A man thirty years old, I said to myself, should have his field of life all ploughed, and his planting well done; for after that it is summer time”
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“A man thirty years old, I said to myself, should have his field of life all ploughed, and his planting well done; for after that it is summer time”
“Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference ”
“I have frequently been questioned, especially by women, of how I could reconcile family life with a scientific career. Well, it has not been easy”
“Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them ”
“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it”
“Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way”
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours”
“If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success”
“To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life”
“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes”
“Success is dependent on effort”
“Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it ”
“Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows”
“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people ”
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value ”
“Man is only great when he acts from passion”
“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young ”
“Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets”
“Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality”
“No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution”