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The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
You have to know what's important and what's unimportant, for you.
You have to know what's important and what's unimportant, for you.
Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.
Selfishness, not love, is the actuating motive of the gallant.
Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.
Seek always for the answer within. Be not influenced by those around you, by their thoughts or their words.
When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's read more
When the archer misses the mark, he turns and looks for the fault within himself. Failure to hit the bull's eye is never the fault of the target. To improve your aim -- improve yourself.
God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far read more
God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.
Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back.
Self discipline is when your conscience tells you to do something and you don't talk back.
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, read more
The ruin of the human heart is self-interest, which the American merchant calls self-service. We have become a self-service populace, and all our specious comforts --the automatic elevator, the escalator, the cafeteria --are depriving us of volition and moral and physical energy.
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.
In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect... and no.