Constant repetition carries conviction.

Success is the sum of small efforts - repeated day in and day out.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed.

Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own.

Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.

Everything in God's store is on the bottom shelf...you have to get on your knees to get it.

Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin.

There is nothing on earth that you can not have once you have mentally accepted the fact that you can have it.

Think of things not as they are, but as they might be. Don't merely dream- but create.

Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.

Don't try to be the missing key in my life, and I won't be the unmatched lock, that doesn't let you in.

Evolution is a religion

I believe half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things.

I've had a wonderful evening . . . but this wasn't it.

Trees love to toss and sway they make such happy noises.

I'm a tireless worker; I don't consider painting a work, it is not an obligation, I do it for pleasure; I haven't found anything that amuses me more than painting.

To just read the Bible, attend church, and avoid “big” sins-is this passionate, wholehearted love for God?

Care like hell! Sit around the bars and drink, and pose, and pretend, all you want to, but in reality, deep down underneath, care like hell.

I shall not let a sorrow die Until I find the heart of it, Nor let a wordless joy go by Until it talks to me a bit.

Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.