Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.
There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.
A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.
There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'
The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best.
No man fails who does his best.
The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
There is only one thing for us to do, and that is to do our level best right where we are every day of our lives To use our best judgment, and then to trust the rest to that Power which holds the forces of the universe in his hands.
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 an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.