The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror; but it is not accomplished without sweat.

Do not strive for things occurring to occur as you wish, but wish the things occurring as they occur, and you will flow well.

Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.

There is only one thing for which God has sent me into the world, and that is to develop every kind of virtue or strength, and there is nothing in all the world that I cannot use for this purpose.

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it; you can either accept it or resent it.

Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do. Hold to your true aspirations no matter what is going on around you.