Worry is a state of mind based upon fear. It works slowly, but persistently. It is insidious and subtle. Step by step it “digs itself in” until it paralyzes ones reasoning faculty, destroys self-confidence and initiative. Worry is a form of sustained fear caused by indecision therefore it is a state of mind which can be controlled.

A wise man watches his faults more closely than his virtues; fools reverse the order.

What is initiative? I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told.

Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.

Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.

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!

Most ideas are stillborn and need the breath of life injected into them through definite plans of immediate action. The time to nurse an idea is at the time of its birth. Every minute it lives gives it a better chance of surviving.