It is more important to keep the horse going hard than to always play the exact notes..

. . . learn to value what is important today in the subtle realm rather than what appears desirable tomorrow in the worldly realm..

As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed as ignorant as you were at twenty-two, you'd always be twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's….

Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be hea….

Australia must prioritise education spending. It is not a question of whether or not we have the money, it is a question of how we choose to spend it..

One of the biggest lessons I've learned recently is that when you don't know what to do, you should do nothing until you figure out what to do becaus….

Excellence is the new forever..

Learning is acquired by reading books; much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying ….

Ideas are, in truth, force..

Let there be nothing untried; for nothing happens by itself, but men obtain all things by trying..

A young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur in life, but its discussions s….

To attract joy and create more success, try doing less but doing it with more enthusiasm..

He [John von Neumann] had the invaluable faculty of being able to take the most difficult problem and separate it into its components, whereupon ever….

It is never too late to give up our prejudices..

To grasp and hold a vision, that is the very essence of successful leadership-not only on the movie set where I learned it, but everywhere..

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written..

For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself..

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it….

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. It is the dishonest businessman's substitute for conscience. It is the communicat….

With all your science can you tell me how it is, and when it is, that light comes into the soul?.

There's a time for daring and there's a time for caution, and a wise man understands which is called for..