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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" If you would make the most of yourself, cut away all of your vitality sappers; get rid of everything which hampers you and holds you back, everything which wastes your energy, cuts down your working capital. Get freedom at any cost. "

" Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part. "

" It pays to cultivate popularity. It doubles success possibilities, develops manhood, and builds up character. "

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" Our dreaming capacity gives us a peep into the glorious realities that await us further on. It is the evidence of things possible to us. "

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" The quality of your work, in the long run, is the deciding factor on how much your services are valued by the world. "

" Many a man owes his advancement very largely to his ability to converse well. The ability to interest people in your conversation, to hold them, is a great power. "

" If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip? "

" Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden. "

" The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor. "

" We fail to see that we can control our destiny; make ourselves do whatever is possible; make ourselves become whatever we long to be. "

" The achievements of willpower are almost beyond computation. Scarcely anything seems impossible to the man who can will strongly enough and long enough. "

" A good system shortens the road to the goal. "

" The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone. "

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

" The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty. "

" Scatter your flowers as you go; you will never go this way again. "

" Your expectations opens or closes the doors of your supply, If you expect grand things, and work honestly for them, they will come to you, your supply will correspond with your expectation. "

" No man can stand still; the moment progress is not made, retrogression begins. If the blade is not kept sharp and bright, the law of rust will assert its claim. "

" The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands. "

" Nothing else so destroys the power to stand alone as the habit of leaning upon others. If you lean, you will never be strong or original. Stand alone or bury your ambition to be somebody in the world. "

" 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 can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King. "

" Economize in other things if you must, wear threadbare clothes if necessary, but never cheat your body or brain by the quality and quantity of your food. Poor, cheap food which produces low vitality and inferior brain force is the worst kind of economy. "

" By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities. "

" 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. "

" A will finds a way. "