There is no use whatsoever in trying to help people who do not help themselves.

If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.

Steel is prince or pauper.

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition.

Give me a man with an average ability but a burning desire to succeed and I will give you a winner in exchange every time.

I choose free libraries as the best agencies for improving the masses of the people, because they give nothing for nothing. They only help those who help themselves.

A sunny disposition is worth more than [a monetary] fortune. Young people should know that it can be cultivated; that the mind like the body can be moved from the shade into sunshine.