Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

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 ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

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.

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

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.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

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

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

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

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.

Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

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.

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

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

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

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.

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

Money without brains is always dangerous.

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

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.

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

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.

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.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

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.