Occupation: Author Birth: 1850 Death: 1924
Opportunity always looks bigger going than coming..
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible..
The hopeful man sees success where others see failure, sunshine where others see shadows and storm..
Power gravitates to the man who knows how..
Self-confidence carries conviction; it makes other people believe in us..
There is no medicine like hope..
When we are sure that we are on the right road there is no need to plan our journey too far ahead. No need to burden ourselves with doubts and fears ….
The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose..
The beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread, but every time we repeat the act we strengthen the strand, add to it another filament, until it….
Play is as necessary to the perfect development of a child as sunshine is to the perfect development of a plant..
No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price..
Aspiration lifts the life; groveling lowers it. When we are striving for excellence in everything we do the entire life grows and expands, but if we ….
The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of the weak..
Something greater than wealth, grander even than fame — that manhood, character, stand for success, and that nothing else really does..
Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do..
The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image ….
There never will be a trust in excellence or a combination in superiority. As long as you can do a thing a little better than anybody else can do it,….
The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action..
He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives himself with his money; who opens the do….
The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability an….
Poverty often hides her charms under an ugly mask; yet thousands have been forced into greatness by their very struggle to keep the wolf from the doo….