It is those who have this imperative demand for the best in their natures, and who will accept nothing short of it, that holds the banners of progress, that set the standards, the ideals, for others.

No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

No one has a corner on success. It is his who pays the price.

There is no failure for the man who realizes his power, who never knows when he is beaten; there is no failure for the determined endeavor, the conquerable will. There is no failure for the man who gets up every time he falls, who rebounds like a rubber ball, who persists when everyone else gives up, who pushes on when everyone else turns back.

One penny may seem to you a very insignificant thing, but it is the small seed from which fortunes spring.

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.'

Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.