You can develop good judgment as you do the muscles of the body by judicious, daily exercise.

Do not let trifles disturb your tranquility of mind. Life is too precious to be sacrificed for the nonessential and transient. Ignore the inconsequential!

Charm is an innate quality of mind and heart, and an expression of a beautiful attitude toward life. Courtesy can be cultivated, but charm is largely an unconscious possession.

If you practice patience, punctuality, sincerity and care, you'll have a better appreciation of the world.

Be grateful for the joy of life. Be glad for the privilege of work. Be thankful for the opportunity to give and serve. Good work is the great character builder, the sweetener of life, the maker of destiny. Let the spirit of your work be right, and whether your task be great or small you will then have the satisfaction of knowing it is worth while.

Learn to depend upon yourself by doing things in accordance with your own thinking.

Any philosophy that can fit into a nutshell belongs there.

The principal object of your reading should be for the acquisition of useful knowledge, and the strengthening, refining, and ennobling of your character.

A word to the wise isn’t as good as a word from the wise.

When you want a thing deeply, earnestly and intensely, this feeling of desire reinforces your will and arouses in you the determination to work for the desired object.