The man who sticks to his plan will become what he used to want to be.

You are not male or female, but a plan
deep-set within the heart of man.

I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else.

Let men be happy, informed, skillful, well behaved, and productive.

This very remarkable man
Commends a most practical plan:
You can do what you want
If you don't think you can't,
So don't think you can't – think you can.

Successful men become successful only because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success.

What a man has, so much he is sure of.

The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.

When a man gets it into his head to do something, and when he exclusively occupies himself in that design, he must succeed, whatever the difficulties. That man will become Grand Vizier or Pope.

[Man] progresses in all things by resolutely making a fool of himself.

This is the Way for men who want to learn my strategy:
Do not think dishonestly.
The Way is in training.
Become acquainted with every art.
Know the Ways of all professions.
Distinguish between gain and loss in worldly matters.
Develop intuitive judgment and understanding for everything.
Perceive those things which cannot be seen.
Pay attention even to trifles.
Do nothing which is of no use.

men’s actions are the best guides to their thoughts

Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.

Man is obviously made for thinking. Therein lies all his dignity and his merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought.