“Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.”

“The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.”

“Thoughts are things," and powerful things at that, when they are mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire...”

“Life's battles don't always goTo the stronger of faster man,But soon or later the man who winsIs the man who thinks he can!”

“war grows out of desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.”

“An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others.”

“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”