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The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

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The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent, experimentation. It is common sense to take a method and try it, if it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

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There is no good arguing with the inevitible. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

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If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy.

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The shortest answer is the doing the thing.

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I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy.

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Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.

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