There are many fine things which you mean to do some day, under what you think will be more favorable circumstances. But the only time that is yours is the present.

You can develop good judgment as you do the muscles of the body — by judicious, daily exercise.

Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. . . . Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient. . . . Ignore the inconsequential!

The most successful men have used seeming failures as stepping stones to better things.

Learn to depend upon yourself by doing things in accordance with your own way of thinking.

Death is God's way of telling you not to be such a wise guy.

It is by translating your fine sense of aspiration into actual lofty deeds that you grow toward your ideal. Link your lofty thoughts to earnest, active effort, and good results will inevitably follow. The great things you intend to do some time must have a beginning if they are ever to be done, so begin something worthwhile today.