If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.'

Thou seest how few be the things, the which if a man has at his command his life flows gently on and is divine.

No one can lose either the past or the future - how could anyone be deprived of what he does not possess? ... It is only the present moment of which either stands to be deprived: and if this is all he has, he cannot lose what he does not have.

Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them.

Glory arrives too late when it comes only to one's ashes

At day's first light have in readiness, against disinclination to leave your bed, the thought that "I am rising for the work of man."

When you have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, remember that your defining characteristic-what defines a human being-is to work with others.