Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he sticks
his neck out.

Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he sticks
his neck out.

The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become.

The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become.

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and read more

No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.

Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull
it out and strike it, merely read more

Wear your learning, like a watch, in a private pocket: and do not pull
it out and strike it, merely to show that you have one.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.

Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells
they occupied.

Ideas not coupled with action never become bigger than the brain cells
they occupied.

Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of
self-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.

Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of
self-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.