As a man thinketh in his heart, so shall he be

The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities.

Every action and feeling is preceded by a thought.

A man only begins to be a man when he ceases to whine and revile, and commences to search for the hidden justice which regulates his life. And he adapts his mind to that regulating factor, he ceases to accuse others as the cause of his condition, and builds himself up in strong and noble thoughts; ceases to kick against circumstances, but begins to use them as aids to his more rapid progress, and as a means of the hidden powers and possibilities within himself.

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.

A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.

To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.