Our life is what our thoughts make it.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

Here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not "This is misfortune," but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

Do not think that what is hard for you to master is humanly impossible; and if it is humanly possible, consider it to be within your reach.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.