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.

Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.

Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.

Resolve to throw off the influences of any unfortunate environment, and to build your own life to order.

One way to avoid criticism is to do nothing and to be a nobody. The world will then not bother you.

Drifting, without aim or purpose, is the first cause of failure.

The only 'break' anyone can afford to rely upon is a self-made 'break'.