"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."

"There is no stimulus like that which comes from the consciousness of knowing that others believe in us."

"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."

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

"There is genius in persistence. It conquers all opposers. It gives confidence. It annihilates obstacles. Everybody believes in a determined man. People know that when he undertakes a thing, the battle is half won, for his rule is to accomplish whatever he sets out to do."

"There is something greater than wealth, grander even than fame -- manhood, character, stand for success... nothing else really does."

"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!"

"It is like the seed put in the soil -- the more one sows, the greater the harvest."

"The beginning of a habit is like an invisible thread, but every time we repeat the act we strengthen the strand, add to it another filament, until it becomes a great cable and binds us irrevocably thought and act."