There is a legend that when God was equipping man for his long life journey of exploration, the attendant good angel was about to add the gift of contentment and complete satisfaction. The Creator stayed his hand and said, 'No, if you bestow that upon him you will rob him forever of all joy of self-discovery.'

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

There is no medicine like hope.

You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.

It is just the little touches after the average man would quit that make the master's fame.

Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell who may be taking your measure for a higher place.

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.