War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity. - George S Patton
A man must know his destiny. If he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder. If he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it. - George S Patton
A man must have some goal to work for, or he is not likely to do much traveling. - Harvey S. Firestone
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them and often he has no opportunity to exercise judgment. - Harvey S. Firestone
[On taking time out from a business to work on the business rather than in the business] A man ought now and then to get far enough away to have a look at himself and his affairs. Otherwise he gets lost in the details and forgets what he is really doing. - Harvey S. Firestone
To this day the laying on one stone upon another in the erection of a structure holds my attention. - Harvey S. Firestone
There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless.
Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.
Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state of individuals, seems only to pass into excess of slavery.
Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know.
It is only just that anything that grows up on its own should feel it has nothing to repay for an upbringing which it owes no one.
Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.
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