It is not so much what happens to you as how you think about what happens.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

Small-minded people blame others. Average people blame themselves. The wise see all blame as foolishness

Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice.