One of the most essential yet the hardest truths that I have had to learn is that every person should be his own hardest task-master.

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

Men take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.

[E]very job is composed of many small details, any one of which, if overlooked, can create big problems later.

Trying to get without first giving is as fruitless as trying to reap without having sown.

A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.

Every failure, every adversity, every heartache may be a blessing in disguise providing it softens the animal portion of our nature.