First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Unless we place our religion and our treasure in the same thing, religion will always be sacrificed.

Never look for your work in one place and your progress in another.

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.

Opportunity beckons more surely when misfortune comes upon a person than it ever does when that person is riding the crest of a wave of success. It sharpens a person's wits, if that person will let it, enabling him or her to see more clearly and evaluate situations with a more knowledgeable judgment.

When you want to hear a philosopher, do not say, 'You say nothing to me'; only show yourself worthy or fit to hear, and then you will see how you will move the speaker.

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