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Success is the child of two very plain parents--punctuality and accuracy.

The present time is the raw material out of which we make whatever we will.

The more man acts and makes actual what was latent in him, the nearer does he bring the distant Yet-to-be.

This joy of life, this joy of work, in man is absolutely true.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.

There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide

The American dream does not come to those who fall asleep.

Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity. Pride is the burden of a foolish person.

Every man's first duty is, to improve, to educate, and elevate himself--helping forward his brethren at the same time by all reasonable methods.

Industry enables men to earn their living; it should also enable them to learn to live.

There are a thousand other instances in which application has conquered all obstacles, and proved that nothing which the mind has set itself to endure is difficult.

Great men, I say, often rejoice at crosses of fortune just as brave soldiers do at wars.

We are responsible for what we are; and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.

Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above both is character.

Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.

The great crisis must come, or no man has the chance to develop great qualities.

success--the real success--does not depend upon the position you hold, but upon how you carry yourself in that position

In this life we get nothing save by effort.

Desire is a manifestation of power.

Desire is possibility seeking expression, or function seeking performance.

Do, every day, all that you can do that day, and do each act in an efficient manner.

Every person naturally wants to become all that he is capable of becoming; this desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature; we cannot help wanting to be all that we can be.