8. On being self-disciplined:
"Be careful what you set your heart upon because, if you set your heart on anything and stand by that decision, you're going to get it."
9. On being enthusiastic:
"If you want to do something, work yourself into a state of wild enthusiasm and go to work where you stand, even if it's nothing more than drawing a picture in your mind of the thing you want to do, and keep drawing that picture, making it more vivid all the time."
10. On creating controlled attention:
"Concentration requires a definiteness of purpose in such proportion that it becomes an obsession. There's no use of having a motive unless you put obsession of desire or obsession of purpose in back of it."
11. On thinking accurately:
"The truth of the matter is that your emotions are not reliable at all. The emotion of love, for instance, is the greatest and the grandest of all the emotions, and yet it can also be the most dangerous. More trouble in human relationships grows out of misunderstanding the emotion of love than all other sources of difficulty combined."
12. On learning from adversity:
"One of the best things that can happen to you is to meet with problems, circumstances, and incidents that force you to think, because without a motive, you might not do much thinking anyway."
13. On fostering cooperation:
"Being recognized for personal initiative, a pleasing personality, or outstanding work is a strong motive to inspire cooperation. Give a person recognition when he does a good job; say so, and do something about it."
14. On imagination:
"Just think of all the things the mind of man has brought forth to introduce people to one another."
15. On the importance of health:
"You can't have good health, prosperity, happiness, or peace of mind if you're going to fear anything--even death most of all. Personally, I'm looking forward to death with great anticipation. It's going to be one of the most unusual interludes of my whole life."
16. On budgeting time and money:
"Set aside a definite amount for investment, even if it's only as small as a dollar a week or even 50 cents a week. It's not the amount that's important, it's the habit of being resourceful and frugal."
17. On the "law of cosmic habit force":
"Man is not bound by instinct; man is bound only by the imagination and the willpower of his own mind."