There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.
A will finds a way.
It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us.
Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world.
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world.
Every young man or woman should weigh the matter well before concluding that a college education is out of the question.
No man fails who does his best.
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed pay the price and it is yours.
Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities.
The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
Wanted: a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say 'No,' though all the world say 'Yes.'
Sweeter than the perfume of roses is a reputation for a kind, charitable, unselfish nature; a ready disposition to do to others any good turn in your power.