Great Throughts Treasury

"Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final."

"Experience has taught me that financial success, job success and happiness in human relations are, in the main, the result of (a) physical well-being; (b) constant effort to develop one's personal assets; (c) setting up and working toward a series of life goals; (d) allowing time for meditation and spiritual regeneration."

"Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions."

"A character standard is far more important than even a gold standard. The success of all economic systems is still dependent upon both righteous leaders and righteous people. In the last analysis, our national future depends upon our national character - that is, whether it is spiritually or materially minded."

"If things are not going well with you, begin your effort at correcting the situation by carefully examining the service you are rendering, and especially the spirit in which you are rendering it."

"If things go wrong, don't go with them."

"It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final."

"It takes a person who is wide awake to make his dream come true."

"The good that is in you is the good that you do for others."

"The God we worship writes his name upon our faces."

"Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present."

"The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing."

"When we are flat on our back, there is no way to look but up."

"The successful man is the one who had the chance and took it."