“ No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training. It is a shame for a man to grow old without seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable. ”

“ You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others. ”

“ It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. ”

“ One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. ”

“ People do not lack strength, they lack will. ”

“ What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say. ”

“ The future depends on what you do today. ”

“ I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. ”