Think of yourself as an incandescent power, illuminated and perhaps forever talked to by God and his messengers.
Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at being incompetent.
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
You can go a long way with bad legs and a good head.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load.
Looks are part of business. A businessman should never stand out more than his customers. His mannerisms, his clothes, everything about him... Moderation is the key.