The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other.
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No one should voluntarily remain in an environment which prevents his development.
It is human nature to help a man along the way he is going; if he is going up, the world will boost him; if he is going down, the world will kick him. If a man lacks faith in himself, the world will lack faith in him also.
Paradise is here or nowhere: you must take your joy with you or you will never find it.
Ambition is the incentive that makes purpose great and achievement greater!
All men who have achieved great things have been dreamers, and what they have accomplished has been just in proportion to the vividness, the energy and persistency with which they visualized their ideals.
The lack of opportunity is ever the excuse of the weak, vacillating mind.
The great aim of your life should be to keep your powers up to the highest possible standard, to so conserve your energies, guard your health, that you can make every occasion a great occasion.
Fortune always smiles on those who roll up their sleeves and put their shoulders to the wheel.
No man ever climbed to success on another's back.
Let your air be that of a winner, of a man who is resolved to make his way in the world - to make himself stand for something.
