“ You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year. ”

“ Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian. ”

“ Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. ”

“ If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got. ”

“ Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it. ”

“ Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. ”

“ History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. ”

“ The surest way to remain poor is to be honest. ”

“ Ability is of little account without opportunity. ”

“ Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. ”

“ Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. ”

“ The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment. ”