What is it that every man seeks? To be secure, to be happy, to do what he pleases without restraint and without compulsion.

And have you not received faculties which will enable you to bear all that happens to you? Have you not received greatness of spirit? Have you not received courage? Have you not received endurance?

What is yours is to play the assigned part well. But to choose it belongs to someone else

Survey and test a prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly on raw impulse.

Everything has two handles; the one soft and manageable, the other such as will not endure to be touched. If then your brother do you an injury, do not take it by the hot hard handle, by representing to yourself all the aggravating circumstances of the fact; but look rather on the soft side, and extenuate it as much as is possible, by considering the nearness of the relation, and the long friendship and familiarity between you--obligations to kindness which a single provocation ought not to dissolve. And thus you will take the accident by its manageable handle.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.