First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.

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.

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

Man is not fully free unless he is master of himself.

No great thing is created suddenly. There must be time. Give your best and always be kind.

The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.

It is a mark of a mean capacity to spend much time on the things which concern the body, such as much exercise, much eating, much drinking, much easing of the body, much copulation. But these things should be done as subordinate things: and let all your care be directed to the mind.