“Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.”

“Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.”

“The greatest reward for a man's failure is not necessarily the consequent success, but what he becomes by it.”

“As a rule, he or she who has the most information will have the greatest success in life.”

“From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events.”

“The people with the most fear have the greatest opportunity to be brave.”