"The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching"

"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves"

"Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested"

"On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows"

"Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action"

"Do what you do best, and you will succeed"

"No two persons ever read the same book"

"Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality"

"The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today"