“We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.”

“We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate.The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurledcatch it, and go forward on their way, but those which havetheir sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault ofthe wind?....... We make our own destiny.”

“By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger”

“Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves.”

“All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.”

“The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.”

“Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.”