“Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.”

“Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you;until you have culrivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire; until you have formed the habit of looking for good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy”

“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.”

“If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.”

“war grows out of desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.”

“The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE.”

“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”

“In parting, I would remind you that “Life is a checkerboard, and the player opposite you is time. If you hesitate before moving, or neglect to move promptly, your men will be wiped off the board by time. You are playing against a partner who will not tolerate decisions!”

“Every man is what he is, because of the DOMI­NATING THOUGHTS which he permits to occupy his mind.”

“Remember, the thoughts that you think and the statements you make regarding yourself determine your mental attitude. If you have a worthwhile objective, find the one reason why you can achieve it rather than hundreds of reasons why you can't”

“He had nothing to start with, except the capacity to know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized it.”

“No one can make you jealous, angry, vengeful, or greedy; unless you let him.”

“It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.”

“the cause of the depression is traceable directly to the worldwide habit of trying to reap without sowing.”

“faith removes limitations!”

“the starting point of all achievement is desire”

“knowledge is power.” It is nothing of the sort! Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.”

“knowledge is power.” It is nothing of the sort! Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.”

“The time will never be “just right.” Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.”

“Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.”

“Disappointment over love affairs generally has the effect of driving men to drink, and women to ruin; and this, because most people never learn the art of transmuting their strongest emotions into dreams of a constructive nature.”

“There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge. Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought.”

“The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.”

“That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.”