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

Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life, instead of one that is longer but of less account!

Consider the bigger picture.....think things through and fully commit!

Nothing truly stops you. Nothing truly holds you back. For your own will is always within your control.

It has been ordained that there be summer and winter, abundance and dearth, virtue and vice, and all such opposites for the harmony of the whole, and (Zeus) has given each of us a body, property, and companions.

Things themselves don't hurt or hinder us. Things simply are what they are. How we view these things is another matter.People think what they will think; it is of no concern to us.

As in walking it is your great care not to run your foot upon a nail, or to tread awry, and strain your leg; so let it be in all the affairs of human life, not to hurt your mind or offend your judgment. And this rule, if observed carefully in all your deportment, will be a mighty security to you in your undertakings.