“Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you.”

“Accept yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses, your truths, and know what tools you have to fulfill your purpose.”

“Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.”

“It is never too late to reform, as long as you have the sense to desire it, and the strength to execute your purpose.”

“It is better, then, to save the work while it is begun. You have done the labor; maintain it—keep it. If men choose to serve you, go with them; but as you have made up your organization upon principle, stand by it; for, as surely as God reigns over you, and has inspired your mind, and given you a sense of propriety and continues to give you hope, so surely you will still cling to these ideas, and you will at last come back again after your wanderings, merely to do your work over again.”

“Strength is not energy. Some writers have more muscles than talent.”

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”

“Outliers are those who have been given opportunities—and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.”

“Absolutely everything you experience in your life is a result of what you have given in your thoughts and feelings, whether you realize you have given them or not.”

“God has always given me the strength to say what is right… I had the strength of God and my ancestors with me.”