We shape our buildings: thereafter, our buildings shape us.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.

Men show their characters in nothing more clearly than in what they think laughable.

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

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

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

The way you habitually think will determine your destiny.

Moral virtue is the child of habit.

It is a hard thing to leave any deeply routined life, even if you hate it.

The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.

It cannot be your duty to do anything that is beyond your reach or your strength at the moment. It cannot be your duty to do anything that sacrifices your own integrity or your own spiritual development.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Perfect wisdom has four parts; Wisdom, the principle of doing things right. Justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private. Fortitude, the principle of not fleeing danger, but meeting it. Temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a life.

If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your integrity.

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true.

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.

If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.

The two qualities that chiefly inspire regard and affection [are] that a thing is you own and that it is your only one.

To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

It is a very great thing to be able to think as you like; but, after all, an important question remains: what you think.