Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.
Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.
With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.
You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance – it is the illusion of knowledge.
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Slow and steady wins the race.
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.
What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.
Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.
The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.
Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.
The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.
Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.
As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
