The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.

The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan.

The persistent man with a poor plan stands a better chance of winning than the man with a perfect plan who hesitates and waivers in carrying it out.

Practical dreamers have always been and always will be the pattern-makers of civilization.

What a different story men would have to tell if only they would adopt a DEFINITE PURPOSE, and stand by that purpose until it had time to become an all-consuming obsession!

We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.