The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers.
The real secret of success is enthusiasm.
Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.
The real secret of success is enthusiasm. Yes, more than enthusiasm, I would say excitement. I like to see men get excited. When they get excited they make a success of their lives.
Well, some people create their own opportunities; others go where opportunities are the greatest; others fail to recognize opportunity when they are face to face with it.
I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.
To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.
I like to build things, I like to do things. I am having a lot of fun .
I am sorry about the person who is not truly excited about his job. He will not only never truly be happy there, but he won't achieve anything great.
It devolves upon the United States to help motorize the world.
Every new development, highway, railroad, steamship line, building operation, whether it be a drainage project in old Greece or a new water system in Peru, means an added use of the automobile.
Collecting has always been in my blood.
