Opportunity is latent in the very foundation of human society. Opportunity is everywhere about us. But the preparation to seize upon the opportunity, and to make the most of it, is to be made by every one for himself ... he will be self-made or never made.

What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?

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

Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.

Who would have ever heard of Theodore Roosevelt outside of his immediate community if he had only half committed himself? The great secret of his career was that he has flung his whole life with all the determination and energy he could muster.

Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.

Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.