Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course towards his objectives in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.

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.

Anything acquired without effort, and without cost is generally unappreciated.

The vast majority of people are born, grow up, struggle and go through life in misery and failure, not realizing that it would be just as easy to switch over and get exactly what they want out of life, not recognizing that the mind attracts the thing it dwells upon.

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

It is now a documented principle of psychology that human beings subconsciously move in the direction of their most dominant thought.

If you truly want to succeed, be prepared to go the extra mile.