I will persist until I succeed. I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking.

And so long as I can laugh, never will I be poor. This then, is one of nature's greatest gifts and I will waste it no more.

Now I know that patience and time can do more than even strength and passion. The years of frustration are ready to be harvested. All that I have managed to accomplish, and all that I hope to accomplish, has been and will be by that plodding, patient, persevering process which builds the ant heap, particle by particle, thought by thought, step by step.

All of us have been dying, hour by hour, since the moment we were born. Realizing this, let all things be placed in their proper perspective. . . . Remember, it is always later than you think.

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

And even if you have failed at all else in the eyes of the world, if you have a loving family, you are a success.

I will form good habits and become their slaves.