"The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson."

"A will finds a way."

"A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements."

"The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor."

"Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities."

"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 the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours."

"We make the world we live in and shape our own environment."

"There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority."

"Your outlook upon life, your estimate of yourself, your estimate of your value are largely colored by your environment. Your whole career will be modified, shaped, molded by your surroundings, by the character of the people with whom you come in contact every day."

"Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it."

"The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling."

"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 is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us."

"Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being."

"The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'"