The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.

Success is good at any age, but the sooner you find it, the longer you will enjoy it.

When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.

That which you think today becomes that which you are tomorrow.

The seventh factor of the basic ingredients of genius, as determined from an extensive analysis of the lives of outstanding men of this nation, is *the habit of going the extra mile.* You will never be a genius unless you make it a habit to do more and better than you are paid to do, every single day of your life.

The space that every man occupies in the world is measured by the faith he expresses in connection with his aims and purposes.

Adversity will do something too you or for you.