Self-approval is a dangerous state of mind.

Fear is a habit, so is self pity, defeat, anxiety, despair, hopelessness and resignation. You can eliminate all of these negative habits with two simple resolves: I can and I will.

An educated person is not necessarily the one who has the knowledge, but the one who knows where to get it when needed.

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

Anything you do to and for another person, you do it to and for yourself

[E]very job is composed of many small details, any one of which, if overlooked, can create big problems later.

You cannot become a power in your community nor achieve enduring success in any worthy undertaking until you become big enough to blame yourself for your own mistakes and reverses.