Who said “The way for a young man to rise, is to improve himself every way he can, never…”?

“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.”

“There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.”

“He was always smoothing and polishing himself, and in the end he became blunt before he was sharp.”

“People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.”

“Self-help books are making life downright unsafe. Women desperate to catch a man practice all the ploys recommended by these authors. Bump into him, trip over him, knock him down, spill something on him, scald him, but meet him.”

“Towering genius disdains a beaten path.”

“Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.”

“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.”

“Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.”

“No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.”

“Military glory, — that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood.”