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Our thoughts and imaginations are the only real limits to our possibilities.
We lift ourselves by our own thought; we climb upon our vision of ourselves.
A man will remain a rag-picker as long as he has only the vision of a rag-picker.
It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
No one should voluntarily remain in an environment which prevents his development.
The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.
The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
Opportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in
As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly he is not a failure
Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small.
Paradise is here or nowhere: you must take your joy with you or you will never find it.
Pessimism has never done anything but tear down and destroy what optimism has built up.
You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.
Put the uncommon effort into the common task... make it large by doing it in a great way.
It is just the little touches after the average man would quit that make the master's fame.
By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it and of yourself.
Unless generosity of spirit prevails among men, there can never be upon earth an ideal life.
The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.
Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden.
Work faithfully, and you will put yourself in possession of a glorious and enlarging happiness.
Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.
The hopeful man sees success where others see failure, sunshine where others see shadows and storm.
Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
It is every one's sacred duty to keep himself in a condition to do the biggest thing possible to him.
Necessity has been a priceless spur which has helped men to perform miracles against incredible odds.
Money, influence, and position are nothing compared with brains, principles, energy and perseverances.
We win half the battle when we make up our minds to take the world as we find it including the thorns.
Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
The first part of success is 'Get-to-it-iveness'; the second part of success is 'Stick-to-it-iveness'.
There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us.
It is the idle man, not the great worker, who is always complaining that he has no time or opportunity.
We can give our smiles, our encouragement, our sympathy to someone who needs them every day of the year.
He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
One penny may seem to you a very insignificant thing, but it is the small seed from which fortunes spring.
He has missed the finest lesson of culture and experience who has not learned how to enjoy without owning.
Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him.
The wearer of smiles and the bearer of a kindly disposition needs no introduction, but is welcome anywhere.
Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished.
The man who would forge to the front in this competitive age must be a man of prompt and determined decision.
Every germ of goodness will at last struggle into bloom and fruitage...true success follows every right step.
Whoever uplifts civilization is rich though he die penniless, and future generations will erect his monument.
Worry clogs the brain and paralyzes the thought. A troubled brain can not think clearly, vigorously, locally.
It pays to cultivate popularity. It doubles success possibilities, develops manhood, and builds up character.
Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell who may be taking your measure for a higher place.
Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part.
Absorb knowledge from every possible source and opportunity. Power gravitates to the man who knows how and why.
Play is as necessary to the perfect development of a child as sunshine is to the perfect development of a plant.
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.