One of the best strengtheners of character and developers of stamina ... is to assume the part you wish to play; to assert stoutly the possession of whatever you lack.

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 secret of happiness is in a cheerful, contented mind. He is poor who is dissatisfied; he is rich who is contented with what he has, and can enjoy what others own.

Most men fail, not through lack of education or agreeable personal qualities, but from lack of dogged determination, from lack of dauntless will.

Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.

We can give our smiles, our encouragement, our sympathy to someone who needs them every day of the year.

Opportunity is latent in the very foundation of human society. Opportunity is everywhere about us. But the preparation to seize upon the opportunity, and to make the most of it, is to be made by every one for himself ... he will be self-made or never made.