No man fails who does his best.

A man will remain a rag-picker as long as he has only the vision of a rag-picker.

A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires.

Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man.

The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of a weak, vacillating mind. Opportunities! Every life is full of them. Every newspaper article is an opportunity. Every client is an opportunity. Every sermon is an opportunity. Every business transaction is an opportunity, an opportunity to be polite, an opportunity to be manly, an opportunity to be honest, an opportunity to make friends.

There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.

We can give our smiles, our encouragement, our sympathy to someone who needs them every day of the year.