The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of the weak.

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

The mill cannot grind with the water that has passed.

Let your air be that of a winner, a man who is resolved to make his way in the world, to make himself stand for something.

How true it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles, the air seems more balmy, the sky clearer, the earth has a brighter green... the flowers are more fragrant... and the sun, moon, and stars all appear more beautiful, and seem to rejoice with us.

There never will be a trust in excellence or a combination in superiority. As long as you can do a thing a little better than anybody else can do it, you need no bond or trade-mark to protect the product of your brains.

One of the best strengtheners of character and developers of stamina ... is to assume the part you wish to play; to assert stoutly the possession of whatever you lack.