Who seeks shall find.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Leap, and the net will appear.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Know or listen to those who know.
If you think you can do it, you can.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
That attitude does not exist so much today, but in those days there was a very sharp distinction between basic physics and applied physics. Columbia did not deal with applied physics.