Genius is merely the capacity for taking infinite pains.

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

When you close the door of your mind to negative thoughts, the door of opportunity opens to you.

Render more service than you are paid for and eventually you will be paid more for less services rendered.

Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.

If you have a strong belief in yourself, in what you are doing and what you want to do, no adversity is too difficult to overcome.

I had learned, from years of experience with men, that when a man really desires a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win.