“All the resources we need are in the mind.”

It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.

It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.

The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

We demand that big business give the people a square deal; in return we must insist that when any one engaged in big business honestly endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal.

Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.

Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

With self discipline most anything is possible.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.

90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.

There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction.

I don’t like to gamble, but if there’s one thing I’m willing to bet on, it’s myself.

Our future is our confidence and self-esteem.

I am so confident in that idea that if love gets a chance, it will transform the community and the world into a more prosperous place, because we are capable of love.

My drive and passion will outweigh your hate! Nothing you can do to stop me. You only help me!

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.

If you are not the best, then pretend you are.

I don’t have to show anything to anyone. There is nothing to prove.

We are confident that we will continue to play an active role in national affairs without disappointing everyone’s expectations.