The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.
You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.
When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.
You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.
Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
A goal is a dream with a deadline.
To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as the life-blood of our own country – your opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents.
More gold has been mined from the mind of men than the earth itself.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others. –.