“Put the uncommon effort into the common task… make it large by doing it in a great way.”

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

Real happiness is so simple that most people do not recognize it. It is derived from the simplest, the quietest, the most unpretentious things in the world.

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.

The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.

You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.

Good cheer is a great lubricant; it oils all of life’s machinery.

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

Believe with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do.

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.

To think you can creates the force that can.

Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confined his powers to one particular channel.

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!

Opportunity is often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be tuning in.

People do not realise the immense value of utilising spare minutes.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.

Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.

The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are, first, hard work; second, stick-to-itiveness; third, common sense.

Common sense is the best prophet.

When space travel becomes as common as air travel, the future of civilization will be assured.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace.

By simple common sense I don’t believe in God, in none.

For pride is spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.