Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
Scatter your flowers as you go; you will never go this way again.
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
When God calls a man to be upright and pure and generous, he also calls him to be intelligent and skillful, and strong and brave.
There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
The forthputting of willpower is a means of strengthening willpower. The will becomes strong by exercise. To stick to a thing till you are master is a test of intellectual discipline and power.
Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part.
There is no surer token of a little mind than to imagine that anything in the way of physical labor is dishonoring.
If you would make the most of yourself, cut away all of your vitality sappers; get rid of everything which hampers you and holds you back, everything which wastes your energy, cuts down your working capital. Get freedom at any cost.
