Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.

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.

There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.

How can I develop myself into the grandest possible manhood?

Absorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.

No man fails who does his best.