Who you spend time with influences who you are.

A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce the wills of others, but that he can mold and master his own will: and things serve him who serves Truth; people seek guidance of him who is master of himself.

When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults.

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

We ought not to let either our joy at their faults or our grief at their success be idle, but in either case we ought to reflect, how we may become better than them by avoiding their errors, and by imitating their virtues not come short of them.

We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.

Everything good is costly and the development of the personality is one of the most costly of all things. It will cost you your innocence, your illusions, your certainty.

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

The hardest thing to learn in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

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

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

it takes as much energy to wish as it does to plan.

The day you stop caring what other people think of you, is the day your life begins.

Our life does not develop as a result of chance, but as a result of causes.

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he as imagined, he will meet with success unexpectedly in common hours.