You can't change where you started, but you can change the direction you are going. It's not what you are going to do, but it's what you are doing now that counts.

Self-confidence results, first, from exact knowledge; second, the ability to impart that knowledge.

Charles Chaplin makes a million dollars a year out of a funny, shuffling walk and a pair of baggy trousers, because he does "something different." Take the hint and "individualize" yourself with some distinctive idea.

Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own life to order.

You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.