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

Never hide behind busy work. It takes just as much energy to fail as it does to succeed.

There are two kinds of discontented in this world, the discontented that works and the discontented that wrings its hands. The first gets what it wants and the second loses what it has. There is no cure for the first but success and there is no cure at all for the second. The very worst of my vices and bad habits will abate of themselves if they are brought to an accounting every day.

I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure.

How do I change? If I feel depressed I will sing. If I feel sad I will laugh. If I feel ill I will double my labor. If I feel fear I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent I will think of past success. If I feel insignificant I will remember my goals. Today I will be the master of my emotions.

Today I will be the master of my emotions.

Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.