Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.

Every one who has labored honestly in the past has aided to place knowledge and comfort within the reach of a constantly increasing number.

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.

Let your air be that of a winner, a man who is resolved to make his way in the world, to make himself stand for something.

You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.

There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do.