I remind you that the Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who wish to get well.

There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements. Most of us are inherently lazy. We would rather play than work. We would rather loaf than work...But it is work that spells the difference in the life of a man or woman. It is stretching our minds and utilizing the skills of our hands that lift us from mediocrity.

Let us realize that the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success. Genius undoubtedly is little more than the capacity for hard, sustained work.

There is no substitute for hard work.

After all is said and done, a lot more is usually said than done.

True eloquence consists of saying all that should be said, and that only.

The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes by it.

Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.