There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.

Ambition is the incentive that makes purpose GREAT and ACHIEVEMENT greater!

The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.

Every one who has labored honestly in the past has aided to place knowledge and comfort within the reach of a constantly increasing number.

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.

We lift ourselves by our thought, we climb upon our vision of ourselves. If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself. Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, always, everywhere - your ideal of what you long to attain - the ideal of health, efficiency, success.

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