We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

It is always your next move.

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it, write it in the sand near the water's edge.

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

You give before you get.

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.

You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.

War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

Money without brains is always dangerous.

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Victory is always possible for the person who refuses to stop fighting.

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.

The battle is all over except the "shouting" when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Think and grow rich.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

Nature cannot be tricked or cheated. She will give up to you the object of your struggles only after you have paid her price.

Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.