No is always a door-closing word; Yes is a door-opening word.

Because you lack a noble and successful past is no reason why you should lack a noble and successful future.

The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are.

Before a painter puts a brush to his canvas, he sees his picture mentally.... If you think of yourself in terms of a painting, what do you see?... Is the picture one you think worth painting?... You create yourself in the image you hold in your mind.

Our beliefs in a rich future life are of little importance unless we coin them into a rich present life.

You create yourself in the image you hold in your mind.

When you find a man who knows his job and is willing to take responsibility, keep out of his way and don't bother him with unnecessary supervision. What you may think is cooperation is nothing but interference.