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.

We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.

We lift ourselves by our thought.

Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell who may be taking your measure for a higher place.

Every thought which enters the mind, every word we utter, every deed we perform, makes its impression upon the inmost fiber of our being and the result of these impressions is our character. The study of books, of music, or of the fine arts is not essential to a lofty character. It rests with the worker whether a rude piece of marble shall be squared into a horse-block or carved into an Apollo, a Psyche, or a Venus di Milo. It is yours, if you choose, to develop a spiritual form more beautiful than any of these, instinct with immortal life, refulgent with all the glory of character.

The wearer of smiles and the bearer of a kindly disposition needs no introduction, but is welcome anywhere.

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