We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.

Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.

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

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

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.

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

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