• The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
  • Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
  • The only gift is a portion of thyself.
  • Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
  • A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
  • The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
  • Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think.
  • For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
  • The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
  • If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
  • He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
  • Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.