Past and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.

Past and future have no power over you. Just the present - and even that can be minimized.

Marcus Aurelius

Nothing affects the life of a child so much as the unlived life of its parent

Nothing affects the life of a child so much as the unlived life of its parent

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

The world will ask you who you are, and if you don't know, the world will tell you.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.

Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.

Bear in mind that the measure of a man is the worth of the things he cares about.

You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.

You have to assemble your life yourself - action by action.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.

Be tolerant of others and strict with yourself.

Be tolerant of others and strict with yourself.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one.

Nothing that goes on in anyone else's mind can harm you.

Nothing that goes on in anyone else's mind can harm you.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

Give yourself a gift: the present moment.

Give yourself a gift: the present moment.

What we do in life ripples in eternity.

What we do in life ripples in eternity.

Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.

Adapt yourself to the life you have been given; and truly love the people with whom destiny has surrounded you.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.

It is not death that a man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.