"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!"

"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things."

"When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all."

"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency."

"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' - and get busy and find out how to do it."

"The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it."

"Battles are won by iron hearts in wooden ships."

"Read much, but not many books."

"I have seen flowers come in stony places And kind things done by men with ugly faces And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trust too."

"The difference between visionaries and dreamers is that visionaries make the dreams come true."

"God put me on Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I'm so far behind I will never die!"

"...For the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies."