If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.

Persevere in thy quest and thou shalt find what thou seekest. Pursue thy aim unswervingly and thou shalt gain victory. Struggle earnestly and thou shalt triumph.

He who lives with his senses well controlled, moderate in his food and drink, he will not be overthrown, any more than the wind throws down a rocky mountain.

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.

To do a little good is more than to accomplish great conquests.

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.