Choice

The one thing over which you have absolute control is your own thoughts. It is this that puts you in a position to control your own destiny. - Paul G. Thomas

Nature is at at work. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and have, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow. - David Seabury

Averages

Every failure is a step to success... - William Whewell

Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down. - William M. Winans

Attitude

An obvious fact about negative fellings is often overlooked. They are caused by us, not by exterior happenings. An outside event presents the challenge, but we react to it. So we must attend to the way we take things, not to the things themselves.
VERNON HOWARD