The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind. Opportunities! Every life is full of them. Every newspaper article is an oppo….

The inspiration of a single book has made preachers, poets, philosophers, authors, and statesmen. On the other hand, the demoralization of a single b….

We lift ourselves by our thought, we climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it ….

Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished..

Every one who has labored honestly in the past has aided to place knowledge and comfort within the reach of a constantly increasing number..

Every child should be taught to expect success.

There's no grander sight in the world than that of a person fired with a great purpose, dominated by one unwavering aim..

Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally..

Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life's machinery..

Doing common things uncommonly well..

If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself..

Paradise is here or nowhere: you must take your joy with you or you will never find it..

What we do for a living does not matter as much as how we do it..

When you finish a thing you ought to be able to say to yourself: 'There, I am willing to stand for that piece of work. It is not pretty well done; it….

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson..

Defeats and failures are great developers of character. They have made the giants of our race by giving Titanic muscles, brawny sinews, and far-reach….

A great many people never really discover themselves until ruin stares them in the face. They do not seem to know how to bring out their reserves unt….

You will never succeed while smarting under the drudgery of your occupation, if you are constantly haunted with the idea that you could succeed bette….

The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world..

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the strugg….

A lobster, when left high and dry among the rock, does not have the sense enough to work his way back to the sea, but waits for the sea to come to hi….