O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at birth, consisting in the power to control and direct my own mind to whatever ends I might desire.

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.

Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.

Faith is the "eternal elixir" which gives life, power and action to the impulse of thought! Faith is the starting point of all accumulation of riches! Faith is the basis of all "miracles" and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science! Faith is the only known antidote for failure!

Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence.

Failure seems to be nature's plan for preparing us for great responsibilities.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat.