Most people search high and low for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

When I was young, I said to God, "God, tell me the mystery of the universe." But God answered, "That knowledge is for me alone." So I said, "God, tell me the mystery of the peanut." Then God said, "Well, George, that's more nearly your size."

To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones.

Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we only will tune in.

When you can do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

From a child, I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music, painting, flowers, and the sciences, Algebra being one of my favorite studies.

I would never allow anyone to give me money, no difference how badly I needed it. I wanted literally to earn my living.

Human need is really a great spiritual vacuum which God seeks to fill... With one hand in the hand of a fellow man in need and the other in the hand of Christ, He could get across the vacuum.

Years ago I went into my laboratory and said, 'Dear Mr. Creator, please tell me what the universe was made for?' The Great Creator answered, 'You want to know too much for that little mind of yours. Ask for something more your size, little man.'