The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

But how shall I get ideas? ''Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind - Act!

We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.

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

There can be no life which does not contain something to be grateful for, and the habit of gratitude is one of the most powerful assets of success and happiness which can be named.

Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverances.

Something greater than wealth, grander even than fame — that manhood, character, stand for success, and that nothing else really does.