Let every man or woman here ...

Let every man or woman here remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.
Let every man or woman here remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and with what you are. He who would be great anywhere must first be great in his own Philadelphia.
 Russell Conwell

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Money is power, money is force, money will do good as harm. In the hands of good men and women it could accomplish, and it has accomplished, good.
 Russell Conwell
Greatness consists not in the holding of some future office, but really consists in doing great deeds with little means and the accomplishment of vast purposes from the private ranks of life.
 Russell Conwell
Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you but dig for them.
 Russell Conwell