George Matthew Adams

What you think means more than anything else in your life. More than what you earn, more than where you live, more than your social position, and more than what anyone else may think about you. ”

The further you get from nature, the less happy you are; and the nearer, the more exultant you become over the world and all that there is in it. ”

Beauty of expression is so akin to the voice of the sea. ”

What is more beautiful than a sea of water with a number of white-winged boats skirting its surface? Poetry and beauty contesting with the wind and the waves! ”

We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves. ”

It's marvelous the change that comes about when a man gets together all his forces and centers them upon the doing of one thing at a time. ”

It is a great thing to have a big brain, a fertile imagination, grand ideals, but the man with these, bereft of a good backbone, is sure to serve no useful end. ”

No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job. ”

No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you. ”

Few people wear out before their time. Mostly they rust out, worry out, run out - spill out. A machine must have care and its different parts must be adjusted properly. No machine has ever approached the human machine. When it is right, it is in health. ”