Deliver me from all evildoers that talk nothing but sickness and failure. Grant me the companionship of men who think success and men who work for it. Loan me associates who cheerfully face the problems of a day and try hard to overcome them. Relieve me of all cynics and critics. Give me good health and the strength to be of real service to the world, and I'll get all that's good for me, and will what's left to those who want it.

Problems always appear big when incompetent men are working on them.

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.

If we do not discipline ourselves the world will do it for us.

Change, not habit, is what gets most of us down; habit is the stabilizer of human society, change accounts for its progress.

If at first you don't succeed, try hard work.

The prizes go to those who meet emergencies successfully. And the way to meet emergencies is to do each daily task the best we can.