Clarence Budington Kelland

“A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does.”

“My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.”

“A man's got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.”

“Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.”

“The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary.”

“I have always felt that the great lottery of life is unfair. The holders of the lucky tickets take the prizes.”

“The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.”

“Unanimity is the virtue of the graveyard.”

“The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.”

“Patience is a bitter plant, but its fruit is sweet.”

“Time is the one thing that can't be replaced.”

“He who is not a bit of a sentimentalist is a brute.”