If you think your lot in life has been hard read “Up From Slavery” by Booker T. Washington, and you may see how fortunate you have been.

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

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Handicaps can be converted into stepping stones on which one may climb toward some worthy goal, unless they are accepted as obstacles, and used as alibis.

Man may become the master of himself, and of his environment, because he has the POWER TO INFLUENCE HIS OWN SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, and through it, gain the cooperation of Infinite Intelligence.

Most people wish for riches, but few people provide the definite plan and burning desire which pave the road to wealth.

I pray daily, not for more riches, but for more wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and enjoy what I already possess.