There are twelve good reasons for failure. The first one is the avowed intention of doing no more than one is paid to do, and the person who makes this avowal may see the other eleven by stepping before a looking glass.

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

Cherish the music that stirs in your heart.

Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.

Your real wealth can be measured not by what you have but by who you are.

Nothing is impossible to the person who backs DESIRE with enduring FAITH.

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.