Keep your mind off the things you don’t want by keeping it on the things you do want.

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.

As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you have. Make the now the primary focus of your life.

Keep your attention focused entirely on what is truly your own concern, and be clear that what belongs to others is their business and none of yours.

Revenge-seeking minds destroy states, while those seeking reconciliation build nations.

Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.

Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.

If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.

What we do now echoes in eternity.

Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.

The change in motion is proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.

Either you run the day, or the day runs you.

Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.

A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.