"Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal."

"Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use."

"Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn."

"We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within."

"If a business does well, the stock eventually follows."

"Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community."

"I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing."

"Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain."