“Always remember that if a man knows where he can make a dollar, he will not tell you about it; he will go after it himself.”

“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going”

“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”

“Going to see the river man,
Going to tell him all I can
About the plan
For lilac time.
If he tells me all he knows
'Bout the way his river flows,
And all night shows
In summertime.”

“To himself every one is an immortal: he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead.”

“Where a man calls himself by a name which is not his name, he is telling a falsehood.”

“When a man begins to know himself a little he will see in himself many things that are bound to horrify him. So long as a man is not horrified at himself he knows nothing about himself.”

“If a man knows precisely what he can do to you or what epithet he can hurl against you in order to make you lose your temper, your equilibrium, then he can always keep you under subjection.”

“Man can acquire accomplishments or he can become an animal, whichever he wants. God makes the animals, man makes himself.”

“It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.”