Greatness really consists in doing some great deed with little means.

When a man has done all he can do, still there is a mighty, mysterious agency over which he needs influence to secure success. The one way he can reach it is by prayer.

Greatness consists not in the holding of some future office, but really consists in doing great deeds with little means and the accomplishment of vast purposes from the private ranks of life.

Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them.

Let us remember there is not a poor person in the United States who was not made poor by his own shortcomings.

You can journey to the ends of the earth in search of success, but if you’re lucky, you will discover happiness in your own backyard.

Ninety-eight out of 100 of the rich men in America are honest. That is why they are rich.