» Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
» Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.
» Cushion the painful effects of hard blows by keeping the enthusiasm going strong, even if doing so requires struggle.
» Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.
» Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.
» First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, ''I believe,'' three times.
» It is a fact that you project what you are.
» Live your life and forget your age.
» Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
» Any fact facing us is not as important as our attitude toward it, for that determines our success or failure. The way you think about a fact may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. You are overcome by the fact because you think you are.