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“Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.”

“There is no medicine like hope, no incentive so great, and no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow.”

“Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.”

“Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.”

“All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.”

“The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.”

“Our destiny changes with our thought; we shall become what we wish to become, do what we wish to do, when our habitual thought corresponds with our desire.”

“The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.”

“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.”

“There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.”

“You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them.”

“The influential man is the successful man, whether he be rich or poor.”

“We must give more in order to get more. It is the generous giving of ourselves that produces the generous harvest.”

“No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.”