The aim of the college, for the individual student, is to eliminate the need in his life for the college; the task is to help him become a self-educa….

The easiest way in the world to make enemies is to hire friends..

Say less than the other fellow and listen more than you talk; for when a man's listening he isn't telling on himself and he's flattering the fellow w….

When the tongue lies, the eyes tell the truth..

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things ….

You've got to get up every morning with determination if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction..

Believe me, it is no time for words when the wounds are fresh and bleeding; no time for homilies when the lightning's shaft has smitten, and the man ….

In all your dealings, remember that today is your opportunity; tomorrow some other fellow's..

It's been my experience that every man has in him the possibility of doing well some one thing, no matter how humble, and that there's some one, in s….

Consider carefully before you say a hard word to a man, but never let a chance to say a good one go by. Praise judiciously bestowed is money invested..

A tactful man can pull the stinger from a bee without getting stung..

The world is full of bright men who know all the right things to say and who say them in the wrong place..

Every fellow is really two men -- what he is and what he might be; and you're never absolutely sure which you're going to bury till he's dead..

The great secret of good management is to be more alert to prevent a man's going wrong than eager to punish him for it..

Colleges don't make fools, they only develop them..

When you make a mistake, don't make a second one -- keeping it to yourself. Own up. The time to sort out rotten eggs is at the nest. The deeper you h….

If there's anything worse than knowing too little, it's knowing too much. Education will broaden a narrow mind, but there's no known cure for a big h….

Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it..

Never threaten, because a threat is a promise to pay that it isn't always convenient to meet, but if you don't make it good it hurts your credit. Sav….

I remember reading once that some fellows use language to conceal thought; but it's been my experience that a good many more use it instead of though….

Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage..