“Everything yields to diligence”

“God must do everything for us. Our part is to yield and trust”

“He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.”

“To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. ”

“I assumed that everything must yield to me, that the entire universe had to flatter my whims, and that I had the right to satisfy them at will.”

“Do you really think ... that it is weakness that yields to temptation? I tell you that there are terrible temptations that it requires strength, strength and courage, to yield to. To stake all one's life on a single moment, to risk everything on one throw, whether the stake be power or pleasure, I care not -- there is no weakness in that.”