Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.
A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
Good thoughts bear good fruit, bad thoughts bear bad fruit.
No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. 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 man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.
Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.
Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.
The more intense the nature of a man, the more readily will he find meditation, and the more successfully will he practice it.
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and love, and the lord of his own thoughts, he holds the key to every situation.
Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence.
For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?
Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.
If you real desire is to be good, there is no need to wait for the money before you do it; you can do it now, this very moment, and just where you are.
