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

Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.

When you finish a thing you ought to be able to say to yourself: 'There, I am willing to stand for that piece of work. It is not pretty well done; it is done as well as I can do it; done to a complete finish. I will stand for that. I am willing to be judged by it.'

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

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.

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