If any man should conceive certain things as being really good, such as prudence, temperance, justice, fortitude, he would not after having first conceived these endure to listen to anything which should not be in harmony with what is really good.

How powerful is man! He is able to do all that God wishes him to do. He is able to accept all that God sends upon him.

A person's life is what their thoughts make it.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

Put it out of the power of truth to give you an ill character. If anybody reports you not to be an honest man let your practice give him the lie.

You don't have to turn this into something. It doesn't have to upset you. Things can't shape our decisions by themselves.

Your task is to stand straight; not to be held straight.