“One of the most beneficial practices I know of is that of looking for the good in everyone and everything, for there is good in all things. We encourage a person by seeing his good qualities and we also help ourselves by looking for them. We gain their good wishes, a most valuable asset sometimes. We get back what we give out. The time comes when most all of us need encouragement; need buoying up. So form the habit of encouraging others, and you will find it a wonderful tonic for both those encouraged and yourself, for you will get back encouraging and uplifting thoughts.”

-Theron Q Dumont, “Power of Concentration”

“Many persons read good books, but say they do not get much good out of them. They do not realize that all any book or any lesson course can do is to awaken them to their possibilities; to
stimulate them to use their will power. You may teach a person from now until doom’s day, but that person will only know what he learns himself. ‘You can lead him to the fountain, but you can’t make him drink.'”

– Theron Q Dumont, “Power of Concentration”