The world makes way for the man with an idea.

The glow of satisfaction which follows the consciousness of doing our level best never comes to a human being from any other experience.

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

No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.

Paradise is here or nowhere: you must take your joy with you or you will never find it.

Fear is a great robber of power. It paralyzes the thinking faculties, ruins spontaneity, enthusiasm, and self confidence. It has a blighting effect upon all one's thoughts, moods, and efforts. It destroys ambition and efficiency.