Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life's purpose.

What disturbs people's minds are not events but their judgments on events.

It is difficulties that show what men are. For the future, in case of any difficulty, remember that God, like a gymnastic trainer, has pitted you against a rough antagonist. For what end? That you may be an Olympic conqueror; and this cannot be without toil.

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.

If you seek Truth, you will not seek to gain a victory by every possible means; and when you have found Truth, you need not fear being defeated.

To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and sets the stage for learning and progress in any endeavor.