Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.

Fixedness of purpose is the root of all successful efforts.

The man who thinks hateful thoughts brings hatred upon himself. The man who thinks loving thoughts is loved.

Nature gives all, without reservation, and loses nothing; man or woman, grasping all, loses everything.

No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.

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.

Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself.