Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.

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

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't.

Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverances.

There is no medicine like hope.

It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.

It is just the little difference between the good and the best that makes the difference between the artist and the artisan. It is just the little touches after the average man would quit that makes the master's fame.