The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.

No possible combination of circumstances can keep a man down, if he makes his personal attitude right and determines to rise.

You can never become a great man or woman until you have overcome anxiety, worry, and fear. It is impossible for an anxious person, a worried one, or a fearful one to perceive truth; all things are distorted and thrown out of their proper relations by such mental states, and those who are in them cannot read the thoughts of God.

Wisdom is the power to perceive the best ends to aim at and the best means for reaching those ends.

The really great man is often considered selfish by a large group of people who are connected with him and who feel that he might bestow upon them more benefits than he does.

Thinking is growth; we cannot think without growing.

You want to get rich in order that you may surround yourself with beautiful things, see distant lands, feed your mind, and develop your intellect; in order that you may love others and do kind things, and be able to play a good part in helping the world to find truth.