Something greater than wealth, grander even than fame — that manhood, character, stand for success, and that nothing else really does.

If we get the good that belongs to us here and now, we must extract the sweetness of each passing minute while it is ours. That is the real art of living in the today.

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.

We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

You must bring every particle of your energy, unanswerable resolution, your best efforts, your persistent industry to your task or the best will not come out of you. You must back up your ambition by your whole nature, by unbounded enthusiasm and a determination to win which knows no failure.

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