Doing Common Things Uncommonly Well.

There Can Be No Failure To A Man Who Has Not Lost His Courage, His Character, His Self Respect, Or His Self-confidence. He Is Still A King.

The Universe Is One Great Kindergarten For Man. Everything That Exists Has Brought With It Its Own Peculiar Lesson. The Mountain Teaches Stability And Grandeur; The Ocean Immensity And Change. Forests, Lakes, And Rivers, Clouds And Winds, Stars And Flowers, Stupendous Glaciers And Crystal Snowflakes, - Every Form Of Animate Or Inanimate Existence, Leaves Its Impress Upon The Soul Of Man. Even The Bee And Ant Have Brought Their Little Lessons Of Industry And Economy.

Every Great Man Has Become Great, Every Successful Man Has Succeeded, In Proportion As He Has Confined His Powers To One Particular Channel.

A Great Many People Never Really Discover Themselves Until Ruin Stares Them In The Face. They Do Not Seem To Know How To Bring Out Their Reserves Until They Are Overtaken By An Overwhelming Disaster, Or Until The Sight Of Their Blighted Prospects And Of The Wreck Of Their Homes And Happiness Stirs Them To The Very Center Of Their Beings.... There Is Something In Defeat Which Puts New Determination Into A Man Of Mettle.

Money, Influence, And Position Are Nothing Compared With Brains, Principles, Energy And Perseverances.