_A man, to succeed, must possess the necessary equanimity of temperament
to conceive an idea, the capacity to form it into some tangible shape,
the ingenuity to put it into practical operation, the ability to
favorably impress others with its merits, and the_ POWER _of_ WILL _that
is absolutely necessary to force it to success._
--THOMAS A. SCOTT.
_Labor rids us of three evils.--Tediousness, Vice and Poverty._
--CARLYLE.
"_Never start upon an undertaking until you are sure it is practicable
and ought to be done, and then let nothing stand long in the way of
accomplishing that undertaking. It is better to deserve success than to
have it; few deserve it who do not attain it._"
"_There is no failure in this country for those whose personal habits
are good, and who follow some honest calling industriously, unselfishly,
and purely. If one desires to succeed, he must pay the price_--WORK!"
_In order to succeed, a man must have a purpose fixed, then let his
motto be_ VICTORY OR DEATH.
--HENRY CLAY.
"_Be liberal but cautious; enterprising but careful._"
"_Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we
fall._"
_Fail!--Fail?_
_In the lexicon of youth, which Fate reserves for a bright manhood,
there is no such word_
_As--fail!_--"RICHELIEU."
_Benjamin Franklin has truly said: The road to wealth is as plain as the
road to mill._