Keep fear out of your child's mind, as you would keep poison out of his body; for fear is the deadliest of mental poisons.

The greatest trouble with most of us is that our demands upon ourselves are so feeble, the call upon the great within of us so weak and intermittent that it makes no impression upon the creative energies; it lacks the force that transmutes desires into realities.

The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of the weak.

There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them.

Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day.

What are stumbling blocks and defeat to the weak and vacillating are but stepping stones to victory to the determined soul.