What a man thinks of himself, that is which determines, or rather, indicates, his fate.

The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against our faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by tellings against ourselves.

Not a having and a resting, but a growing and a becoming is the character of perfection as culture conceives it.

Surely what a man does when he is in an uncomfortable situation is the best evidence for the sort of man he is.

Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love, and fortune on my footsteps wait.

The generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

There's no such thing as chance; and what to us seems merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined or the insect, as well for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.

Let us resolve to be masters, not victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions and emotions.

Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you.

Sow a thought, and you reap an act; Sow an act, and you reap a habit; Sow a habit, and you reap character; Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature; it is our future that lays down the law of our today.

If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.

Accept things to which fate binds you, love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.

Whatever happens at all happens as it should; you will find this true, if you watch narrowly.

What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the small man seeks is in others.

What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.

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.

Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

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.

Understanding a question is half an answer.

The man who has anticipated the coming of troubles takes away their power when they arrive.

It is not reason which is the guide of life, but custom.

When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility.

You must try to observe yourself more and more objectively, to look at everything in yourself as though another person.

Emotions are inherent in your nature, but their content is dictated by your mind.

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

The world is a comedy to those that think, and a tragedy to those that feel.

It doesn't matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.