A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.

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When one door closes, another one opens.

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The most successful men in the end are those whose success is the result of steady accretion.

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When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.

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The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.

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What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

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There are two critical points in every aerial flight-its beginning and its end.

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You cannot force ideas. Successful ideas are the result of slow growth. Ideas do not reach perfection in a day, no matter how much study is put upon them.

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Observe, Remember, Compare.

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Before anything else, preparation is the key to success.

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