"Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure."

"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."

"All the breaks you need in life wait within your imagination, Imagination is the workshop of your mind, capable of turning mind energy into accomplishment and wealth."

"The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself."

"There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it."

"The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going."

"You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for."

"Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true."

"Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing."

"Don't wait. The time will never be just right."

"Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel."

"Your big opportunity may be right where you are now."

"The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be."

"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another."

"The starting point of all achievement is desire."

"No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind."

"No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like."

"Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday."

"Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat."

"Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together."

"Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price."

"Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do."

"The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does."

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit."

"More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth."

"Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession."

"Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent."

"Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success."

"We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted."

"Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes."

"If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge."

"First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination."

"Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action."

"Money without brains is always dangerous."

"It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed."

"The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face."

"Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best."

"Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything."

"The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job."

"The ladder of success is never crowded at the top."

"All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea."

"War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man."

"Action is the real measure of intelligence."

"You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself."

"No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him."

"No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure."

"Fears are nothing more than a state of mind."

"Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited."

"Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting."

"There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge."