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

And I may stand where health, success, and power Await my coming, if, each fleeting hour I cling to love and patience; and abide With stainlessness; and never step aside From high integrity; so shall I see At last the land of immortality.

When mental energy is allowed to follow the line of least resistance and to fall into easy channels, it is called weakness.

The dreamers are the saviors of the world. As the visible world is sustained by the invisible, so men, through all their trials and sins and sordid vocations, are nourished by the beautiful visions of their solitary dreamers.

The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state...Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.

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

The key to happiness is having dreams; the key to success is making them come true.