"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."

"He who is in a hurry to do a thing, though he may do it well, yet he does it not well, for he has not given himself time to do it well."

"When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly."

"Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly."

"To live each day as if it were thy last, without haste, without sloth, without hypocrisy."