There is no law by which one can, as long as he thinks he can't.

The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'

The world makes way for the man with an idea.

You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.

Many mothers make the mistake of forever looking for the bad in the child, trying to . . . uproot and drive it out. This is like trying to eject the darkness from a room without opening the shutters and letting in the light. As John Newton said, 'I cannot sweep the darkness out, but I can shine it out.'

No young man starting in life could have better capital than plenty of friends. They will strengthen his credit, support him in every great effort, and make him what, unaided, he could never be. Friends of the right sort will help him more - to be happy and successful - than much money.

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