It's so simple really: If you say you're going to do something, do it. If you start something, finish it.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to blame another, nor himself.

Who is not attracted by bright and pleasant children, to prattle, to creep, and to play with them?

Men are not afraid of things, but of how they view them.

In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.

Learn to distinguish what you can and can't control. Within our control are our own opinions, aspirations, desires and the things that repel us. They are directly subject to our influence.