Great men are little men expanded; great lives are ordinary lives intensified.

Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. Legend tells us that Lincoln's dying mother called her small son to her bedside and whispered, 'Be somebody, Abe'.

It is great to love life. Accept life as a precious gift from the hand of God and strive to make the most of it.

See it big, and keep it simple.

There are no secrets of success. Success is doing the things you know you should do. Success is not doing the things you know you should not do.

Friendship, awareness, happiness, all of the arts of the good life, are brilliant beads strung on the golden cord of love.

Imagination is a flame that ignites the creative spirit. Imagination lights up your mind by stoking mental fires. It can be stimulated from the outside through the senses, or from the inside through the driving power of curiosity and discontent.