“Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.”
“All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not great truths.”
“There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.”
“Cherish you visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul; the blue prints of your ultimate achievements.”
“Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints.”
“Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.”
“Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.”
“Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.”
“Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.”
“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.”
“Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.”
“The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous and imponderable. They inspire one with awe.”
“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.”
“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 battle is all over except the ''shouting'' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.”
“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”
“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.”
“You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.”
“What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.”
“Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.”
“Do not wait; the time will never be ''just right.'' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.”
“If your imagination leads you to understand how quickly people grant your requests when those requests appeal to their self-interest, you can have practically anything you go after.”
“It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”