It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens." Epictetus

If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonorable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.

We all carry the seeds of greatness within us, but we need an image as a point of focus in order that they may sprout.

To adorn our characters by the charm of an amiable nature shows at once a lover of beauty and a lover of man.

A ship should not be held by a single anchor; neither should life depend upon a single hope.

Every difficulty in life presents us with an opportunity to turn inward and to invoke our own submerged inner resources. The trials we endure can and should introduce us to our strengths.

Be not swept off your feet by the vividness of the impression, but say, "Impression, wait for me a little. Let me see what you are and what you represent. Let me try you."