We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.

Everything youve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.

He who has conquered weakness, and has put away all selfish thoughts... is free.

„The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.”

I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted

Falsehood is never in words; it is in things.

Watch the little things; a small leak will sink a great ship