There is but one way to tranquility of mind and happiness, and that is to account no external things thine own, but to commit all to God.

One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models

To know that you do not know and to be willing to admit that you do not know without sheepishly apologizing is real strength and sets the stage for learning and progress in any endeavor.

It is the act of an ill-instructed man to blame others for his own bad condition; it is the act of one who has begun to be instructed, to lay the blame on himself; and of one whose instruction is completed, neither to blame another, nor himself.

The wise realize that some things are within their control, and most things are not. They learn early on to distinguish between what they can and can't regulate.

When our friends are present we ought to treat them well; and when they are absent, to speak of them well.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.