In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught;but in life there are many things to draw us aside.

Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths.

Difficulty shows what men are.

I must die. Must I then die lamenting? I must be put in chains. Must I then also lament? I must go into exile. Does any man then hinder me from going with smiles and cheerfulness and contentment?

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

Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.

Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.