Adversity will do something too you or for you.
The major weakness of all educational systems is that they neither teach nor encourage the habit of definite decision.
There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.
No one could become an efficient leader or take the initiative in any great undertaking without belief in himself.
Moral courage further demands that you assume the responsibility for your own acts.
Poverty is no disgrace. But it is certainly not a recommendation.
Power grows out of Organized Knowledge, but mind you, it grows out of it, through Application and Use.
To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as the life-blood of our own country – your opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents.
Life’s greatest tragedy consists of men and women who earnestly try, and fail!
Here is an old Oriental proverb: *A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.* It is difficult to anticipate just how a situation will develop in every detail until you take a step forward and try out your present equipment. Then, if weaknesses appear, you will have clues as to how to strengthen your resources. No scheme or plan is perfect. Perfection is a process, not an end.
Love is, without question life's greatest experience.
No form of human exchange is more profitable than the exchange of ideas. If I give you a thought in return for one of your thoughts, each of us will have gained a 100 percent dividend.
Success is very largely a matter of adjusting one's self to the ever-varying and changing environments of life, in a spirit of harmony and poise.
Life, on this Earth may be likened to a great Kaleidoscope before which the scenes and facts and material substances are ever shifting and changing and all any man can do is to take these facts and substances and re-arrange them in new combinations.
Perhaps we shall learn, as we pass through this age, that the 'other self" is more powerful than the physical self we see when we look into a mirror.
Every failure, every adversity, every heartache may be a blessing in disguise providing it softens the animal portion of our nature.
One of the blessings of maturity is that it sometimes brings one greater courage to be truthful, regardless of what those who do not understand may think or say
Count that day lost whose descending sun finds you with no good deeds done.
If you compromise with your own conscience, you will weaken your conscience. Soon your conscience will fail to guide you and you never will have real wealth based on peace of mind.
All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination.
Practical dreamers have always been and always will be the pattern-makers of civilization.
Those who can't take directions graciously have no business giving them
Positive mental attitude is the right mental attitude in all circumstances. Success attracts more success while failure attracts more failure.
You need to recognize and sweep aside certain weaknesses which stand between you and your goals. Your persistence develops into a respected, proved, progressive power.
The imagination is both interpretative and creative in nature.
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