“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work”

“Unfortunately, there seems to be far more opportunity out there than ability.... We should remember that good fortune often happens when opportunity meets with preparation.”

“I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.”

“Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.”

“Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing”

“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.”