There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.

Absorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.

There is no medicine like hope.

Every germ of goodness will at last struggle into bloom and fruitage...true success follows every right step.

The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.

A man will remain a rag-picker as long as he has only the vision of a rag-picker.

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.