Great Men Are But Common Men More

Success Is In The Student, Not In The University; Greatness Is In The Individual, Not In The Library; Power Is In The Man, Not In His Crutches. A Great Man Will Make Opportunities, Even Out Of The Commonest And Meanest Situations. If A Man Is Not Superior To His Education, Is Not Larger Than His Crutches Or His Helps, If He Is Not Greater Than The Means Of His Culture, Which Are But The Sign-boards Pointing The Way To Success, He Will Never Reach Greatness. Not Learning, Not Culture Alone, Not Helps And Opportunities, But Personal Power And Sterling Integrity, Make A Man Great.

They May Well Fear Fate Who Have Any Infirmity Of Habit Or Aim: But They Who Rest On What Is Have A Destiny Beyond Destiny, And Can Make Mouths Of Fortune.

There Is An Infinite Difference Between A Little Wrong And Just Right, Between Fairly Good And The Best, Between Mediocrity And Superiority.

You Know From Past Experiences That Whenever You Have Been Driven To The Wall, Or Thought You Were, You Have Extricated Yourself In A Way Which You Never Would Have Dreamed Possible Had You Not Been Put To The Test. The Trouble Is That In Your Everyday Life You Don't Go Deep Enough To Tap The Divine Mind Within You.

Resolve That Whatever You Do, You Will Bring The Whole Man To It; That You Will Fling The Whole Weight Of Your Being Into It.