It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.

Most ideas are stillborn and need the breath of life injected into them through definite plans of immediate action. The time to nurse an idea is at the time of its birth. Every minute it lives gives it a better chance of surviving.

Without doubt, the most common weakness of all human beings is the habit of leaving their minds open to the negative influence of other people.

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

Enthusiasm is contagious, and the person who has it, under control, is generally welcome in any group of people.

The imagination is the workshop of the soul, where are shaped all the plans for individual achievement.

It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.