American
Author and
Educator and
Businessman
(November 24,
1888 -
November 1,
1955)
"Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours."
"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."
"Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear."
"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves."
"If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done."
"It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about."
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."
"Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed."
"Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes furthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare."
"Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've said."
"Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still."
"When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade."
"You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you."
"You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn't exist anywhere except in the mind."
"You have it easily in your power to increase the sum total of this world's happiness now. How? By giving a few words of sincere appreciation to someone who is lonely or discouraged. Perhaps you will forget tomorrow the kind words you say today, but the recipient may cherish them over a lifetime."
