All work is as seed sown: it grows and spreads and sows itself anew.

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit.

When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favor of the belief which he finds in himself.

A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action. The desire for success implants ''success consciousness'' which, in turn, creates a vigorous and ever-increasing ''habit of success.''

Moral virtue is the child of habit.

The way you habitually think will determine your destiny.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn.

Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed—there's so little competition.

If you develop a pure and sincere motivation, in you are motivated by a wish to help on the basis of kindness, compassion, and respect, then you can carry on any kind of work, in any field, and function more effectively.

The minute you get away from fundamentals—whether its proper technique, work ethic or mental preparation—the bottom can fall out of your game, your schoolwork, your job, whatever you're doing.

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature; these are the spur and reins whereby al mankind are set on work, and guided.