There is only one success—to be able to spend your life in your own way.

My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.

There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease to exist at death.

The weight of this sad time we must obey; speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young, shall never see so much, nor live so long.

There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.

Have regular hours for work & play; make each day both useful & pleasant and prove you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

If you cannot be honest with yourself, there is no hope of being honest with anyone else.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

Oh, I offended you with my opinion? You should hear the the ones I keep to myself.

You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.

And God said love your enemy and I obeyed him and loved myself.

The stability of the internal medium is a primary condition for the freedom and independence of certain living bodies in relation to the environment surrounding them.

If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your own integrity. If you need a witness, be your own.

If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm; they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best, which I believed then and believe now, is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.

Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.

Before a man can accomplish anything of an enduring nature in the world, he must first of all acquire some measure of success in the management of his own mind.