No one ever is defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.

You give before you get.

The man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.

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

Do not EXPECT troubles as they have a tendency not to disappoint.

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

Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach.

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

Do not wait; the time will never be “just right.” Start where you stand & work with whatever tools you may have.

To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as the life-blood of our own country – your opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents.

We are what we are, because of the vibrations of thought which we pick up and register, through the stimuli of our daily environment.

Deliberately seek the company of people who influence you to think and act on building the life you desire.

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

FAITH is the only known antidote for FAILURE!

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

There is one weakness in people for which there is no remedy. It is the universal weakness of LACK OF AMBITION!

If you do not see great riches in your imagination, you will never see them in your bank balance.

Love is, without question life’s greatest experience.

Faith and Fear make poor bedfellows. Where one is found, the other cannot exist.

I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.

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

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.

Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds

Genuine wisdom is usually conspicuous through modesty and silence.

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

We refuse to believe that which we don’t understand.

MAN’S ONLY LIMITATION, within reason, LIES IN HIS DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF HIS IMAGINATION.

Discipline enables you to think first and act second.

I worked for a menial’s hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have paid.

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

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

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.

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.

Remember,too,that all who succeed in life get off to a bad start,and pass through many heartbreaking struggles before they “arrive“. The turning point in the lives of those who succeed usually comes at some moment of crisis,through which they are introduced to their “other selves”.

Work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.

The only limitation is that which one sets up in one’s own mind.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

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

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

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

Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the history of the great. Her entire life has served as evidence that no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality.

TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT.This is the equivalent of saying “deeds, and not words, are what count most.

One who has loved truly can never lose entirely.

Neglecting to broaden their view has kept some people doing one thing all their lives.

Both success and failure are largely the results of HABIT!

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat.

The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.

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

All achievement, no matter what may be its nature, or its purpose, must begin with an intense, burning desire for something definite.

No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.

NOTHING which life has to offer is worth the price of worry

If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else.

The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan.

Every man is what he is, because of the DOMINATING THOUGHTS which he permits to occupy his mind.

Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don’t control what you think, you can’t control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.

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.

The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.

It is as true as that night follows day, that the man who does more than he is paid for, and does it in a pleasant mental attitude, sooner or later is paid for more than he does.

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

Those who reach decisions promptly and definitely, know what they want, and generally get it.

Remember that it is not the lawyer who knows the most law, but the one who best prepares his case, who wins.

Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it.

Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.

Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.