The world makes way for the man with an idea.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

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.

Self-confidence carries conviction; it makes other people believe in us.

What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.

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

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.