"The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment."

"To realize one鈥檚 Personal Legend is a person鈥檚 only real obligation."

"The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do."

"It doesn't do any good to sit up and take notice if you keep on sitting."

"Envy is what makes you, when an aquaintance is lustily telling you that she's dating a Greek god of a guy, ask, 'Which one, Hades?'"

"Adventure must be held in delicate fingers. It should be handled, not embraced. It should be sipped, not swallowed at a gulp."

"There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out."

"If we have need of a strong will in order to do good, it is still more necessary for us in order not to do evil."

"The three most important parts a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money and his religious beliefs."

"To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have goals in life and a drive to succeed, and to surround yourself with the things and the people that make you happy - this is success!"

"Open your mouth and purse cautiously, and your stock of wealth and reputation shall, at least in repute, be great."

"The course of true love was never easy."