Watch yourself as you go about your daily business and later reflect on what you saw, trying to identify the sources of distress in your life and thinking about how to avoid that distress.

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

Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.

Do nothing in a depressed mood, nor as one afflicted, nor as thinking that you are in misery, for no one compels you to that.

Neither the victories of the Olympic Games nor those achieved in battles make the man happy. The only victories that make him happy are those achieved against himself. Temptations and tests are combats. You have beaten one, two, many times; still fight. If you defeat at last you will be happy your entire life, as if you have always defeated.

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

To live a life of virtue, you have to become consistent, even when it isn't convenient, comfortable, or easy.