Never has there been a map, however carefully executed to detail and scale, which has carried its owner over even one inch of ground. Never has there been a parchment of law, however fair, which prevented one crime. Never has there been a scroll, even such as the one I hold, which so much as a penny or produced a single word of acclamation. Action, alone, is the tinder which ignites the map, the parchment, this scroll, my plans, my goals, into a living force. Action is the food and drink which will nourish my success. I will act now.

Don't let your success of today lay you into complacency for tomorrow. For that is the worst form of failure.

Wealth, position, fame, and even elusive happiness will be mine, eventually, if I determine to render more and better service, each day, than I am being paid to render. Those who reach the top are the ones who are not content with.

All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath--so what does that make today worth?

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

The wind is never for the sailor who knows not to what port he is bound.

I will persist until I succeed!