No one can draw more out of things, books included, than he already knows. A man has no ears for that to which experience has given him no access.

He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.
- Topic: Imagination, Laughter, Work
- Location: Death Valley National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth.
I can't imagine a person becoming a success who doesn’t give this game of life everything he’s got.
A man, to carry on a successful business, must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing. A man can cultivate this faculty only by an appreciation for the finer things in life.
A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true.
Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively.
If you can imagine it you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.
Only in men's imagination does every truth find an effective and undeniable existence. Imagination, not invention, is the supreme master of art as of life.
Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.
Be true to your work, your word, and your friend.
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn.
I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
Think enthusiastically about everything; but especially about your job. If you do, you'll put a torch of glory in your life. If you love your job with enthusiasm, you'll shake it to pieces. You'll love it into greatness, you'll upgrade it, you'll fill it with prestige and power.
Football is like life—it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.
Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness for the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.
