Wisdom consists in knowing what not to want as well as what to want.
The world is filled with unfortunate souls who didn't hear opportunity knock at the door, because they were down at the convenience stor buying lottery tickets.
We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving.
Any man is educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it, and how to organize that knowledge into definite plans of action.
The great leaders of business, industry and finance, and the great artists, poets, musicians and writers all became great because they developed the power of self-motivation .
Winners never quit, quitters never win.
Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it.
Initiative is as essential to success as a hub is essential to a wagon wheel.
The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.
I believe that close association with one who refuses to compromise with circumstances he does not like, is an asset that can never be measured in terms of money.
Happiness may be found only by helping others to find it.
It's a sure thing that you'll not finish if you don't start.
Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.
Worry is a state of mind based upon fear. It works slowly, but persistently. It is insidious and subtle. Step by step it “digs itself in” until it paralyzes ones reasoning faculty, destroys self-confidence and initiative. Worry is a form of sustained fear caused by indecision therefore it is a state of mind which can be controlled.
If you neglect to exercise self-control, you are not only likely to injure others, but you are sure to injure yourself!
Genius is merely the capacity for taking infinite pains.
People buy personalities as much as merchandise, and it is a question if they are not influenced more by the personalities with which they come in contact than they are by the merchandise.
The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.
Dreams are the seedlings of reality.
Willpower and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair.
It is a well known fact that a man learns best that which he endeavors to teach others.
If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose, through the use of your imagination.
Love attracts only one thing and that thing is love.
If you can keep on trying after three failures in a given undertaking you may consider yourself a 'suspect' as a potential leader in your chosen occupation. If you can keep on trying after a dozen failures the seed of a genius is germinating within your soul.
No one is going to pay much attention to the person who has no confidence in himself.
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