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" 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. "

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" One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred. "

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" There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow. "

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" The size of your accomplishments, the quality of your achievement, will depend very largely on how big a man you see in yourself, what sort of image you get of your possible self, yourself at your best. "

" Whatever you do, don't discourage your dreaming propensity. Your heart's desires are not empty vaporings. They foreshadow possible realities. Man was made to aspire, to look upward. "

" He is the richest man who enriches his country most; in whom the people feel richest and proudest; who gives himself with his money; who opens the doors of opportunity widest to those about him; who is ears to the deaf, eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. "

" It is just as important to set apart time for the development of our aesthetic faculties as for cultivating the money-getting instinct. A man cannot live by bread alone. His higher life demands an impalpable food. "

" A will finds a way. "

" If we hold the poverty thought, the penury thought, the thought of lack, we cannot demonstrate abundance. We must hold the plenty thought if we would reach plenty. "

" Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. "

" Our trials, our sorrows, and our grieves develop us. "

" He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others. "

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

" There is nothing in this world which men desire and struggle for, and that is good for them, of which there is not enough for everybody. "

" He has missed the finest lesson of culture and experience who has not learned how to enjoy without owning. "

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

" One of the secrets of a successful life is to be able to hold all of our energies upon one point, to focus all of the scattered rays of the mind upon one place or thing. "

" Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work. "

" Do not waste time dreaming of great faraway opportunities; do the best you can where you are. Open your petals of power and beauty and fling out the fragrance of your life in the place that has been assigned to you. "

" Most of us are at war with ourselves, are our own worst enemies. We expect a great deal of ourselves, yet we do not put ourselves in a condition to achieve great things. We are either too indulgent to our bodies, or we are not indulgent enough. "

" 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. "

" You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing. "

" It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well. "

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" Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career. "

" Enthusiasm will steady the heart and strengthen the will; it will give force to the thought and nerve to the hand until what was only a possibility becomes a reality. "

" Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours. "

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

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" Do not give up your dream because it is apparently not being realized, because you cannot see it coming true. Cling to your vision with all the tenacity you can muster. Keep it bright; do not let the bread-and-butter side of life cloud your ideal or dim it. "

" A strong, successful man is not the victim of his environment. He creates favorable conditions. His own inherent force and energy compel things to turn out as he desires. "

" The greatest thing a man can do in this world is to make the most possible out of the stuff that has been given him. This is success, and there is no other. "

" If a thing seems to you worth working for at all, if it appears to you of moment enough to challenge any effort, then put into what you do all the enthusiasm of which you are capable, regardless of criticism. "