Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.
Samuel Johnson once observed that the prospect of being hanged wonderfully focuses the mind...
Success requires no explanation; failures must be doctored with alibis.
The surest way to achieve acceptance in any organization or in any line of work is to be successful...
A bull may have good qualities, but you will never bring them out by waving a red flag in his face.
Arousing others is easy — if you don’t care what kind of action you inspire...
No one can succeed and remain successful without the friendly cooperation of others.
In today’s interdependent society, it is virtually impossible in any business, profession, or occupation for an individual to achieve great heights of success without the help of others...
Thoughts
Everyone is what they are because of the dominating thoughts which they permit to occupy their mind...
Watch the one ahead of you, and you’ll learn why he is ahead. Then emulate him.
One of the surest ways to achieve success is to observe the actions of successful people, determine what principles they regularly employ, and then use them yourself...
No one could ride a horse if the horse discovered its real strength. The same thing is true for people.
Horses are massive, gentle creatures who are by far larger and stronger than the men and women who handle them, yet they docilely obey the commands they are given...
Politeness usually begins at home or it doesn’t begin at all.
Politeness to others is usually born out of respect for the individual, which you learn as a child...
It doesn’t pay to look at others through a foggy mental attitude.
You must keep your mind sharply focused on your goals, and you must have a grounding philosophy that sustains you when the going is tough...