The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.

Commitment

Resolve that whatever you do, you will bring the whole man to it; that you will fling the whole weight of your being into it.

Complaints and Complaining

The world is sad enough without your woe.

Consequences

Whatever our creed, we feel that no good deed can by any possibility go unrewarded, no evil deed unpunished.

Courage

Be larger than your task.

Enjoyment

No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.

Environment

We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.

Excellence

It is those who have this imperative demand for the best in their natures, and who will accept nothing short of it, that holds the banners of progress, that set the standards, the ideals, for others.

Make it a life-rule to give your best to whatever passes through your hands. Stamp it with your manhood. Let superiority be your trademark...

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.

Expectation

We advance on our journey only when we face our goal, when we are confident and believe we are going to win out.

Fear

Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.

Giving

We must give more in order to get more, It is the generous giving of ourselves that produce the generous harvest.

Habit

Man becomes a slave to his constantly repeated acts. What he at first chooses, at last compels.

Honesty

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.

Ideas

But how shall I get ideas? "Keep your wits open! Observe! Observe! Study! Study! But above all, Think! Think! And when a noble image is indelibly impressed upon the mind -- Act!

Leaders and Leadership

The golden rule for every business man is this: "Put yourself in your customer's place."

Mistakes

No man fails who does his best...

Obstacles

Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.

Opportunity

It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.

Possibilities

Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.

Praise

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.

Price

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

Success

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.

Vision

We cannot rise higher than our thought of ourselves.

Waste

The waste of life occasioned by trying to do too many things at once is appalling.

Youth

Every youth owes it to himself and to the world to make the most possible out of the stuff that is in him...