We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be.

You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.

We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.

What we sincerely believe regarding ourselves is true for us.

Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.

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

It is just the little difference between the good and the best that makes the difference between the artist and the artisan. It is just the little touches after the average man would quit that makes the master's fame.