Self-pity is an acid which eats holes in happiness.

Some people act as if it were demeaning to their manhood to wish to be well-read but you can no more be a healthy person mentally without reading substantial books than you can be a vigorous person physically without eating solid food. Books should be chosen, not for their freedom from evil, but for their possession of good. Dr. Johnson said: "Whilst you stand deliberating which book your son shall read first, another boy has read both."

That's the secret: be interesting. If you can't be interesting, shut up. There's nothing wrong with silence.

Most people begin their day in neutral. They will simply react to whatever confronts them.

Any person who contributes to prosperity must prosper in turn.

Your rewards, all the years of your life, will be in precise proportion to your service. You are here to serve others, just as they serve you.

You become what you continually think about.