Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.

A good teacher is like a candle it consumes itself to light the way for others.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

People do not like to think. If one thinks, one must reach conclusions. Conclusions are not always pleasant.

Nothing is wholly obvious without becoming enigmatic.