“What I have achieved by industry and practice, anyone else with tolerable natural gift and ability can also achieve.”

“I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed . . . equally well.”

“There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.”

“Like everything else, Fletcher. Practice.”

“Mere philosophy will not satisfy us. We cannot reach the goal by mere words alone. Without practice, nothing can be achieved. (3)”

“My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me”

“If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.”