The greatest advantage of books does not always come from what we remember of them, but from their suggestiveness, their character-building power.

We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.

The greatest advantage of books does not always come from what we remember of them, but from their suggestiveness, their character-building power.

Who would have ever heard of Theodore Roosevelt outside of his immediate community if he had only half committed himself? The great secret of his career was that he has flung his whole life with all the determination and energy he could muster.

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.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Character: the grandest thing in the world.