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.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.

If you have assumed a character above your strength, you have both acted in this matter in an unbecoming way, and you have neglected that which you might have fulfilled.

When something happens, the only thing in your power is your attitude toward it. It is not the things that disturb us, but our interpretation of their significance. Things and people are not what we wish them to be nor are they what they seem to be. They are what they are.

What is yours is to play the assigned part well. But to choose it belongs to someone else

-….when things seem to have reached that stage, merely say “I won’t play any longer”, and take your departure; but if you stay, stop lamenting.