“Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.”

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature.

To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

Tell no lies. Claim no easy victories.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life — think of it, dream of it, live on that idea.