Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again.

No, my son, do not aspire for wealth and labor not only to be rich. Strive instead for happiness, to be loved and to love, and most important to acquire peace of mind and serenity.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.

Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, every detection of what is false directs you toward what is true, every trial exhausts some tempting form of error, and every adversity will only hide, for a time, your path to peace and fulfillment.

My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.

I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.