“The noble-minded are calm and steady. Little people are forever fussing and fretting.”
-Confucius
Evolution
Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.”
-Pema Chödrön
Beauty
“To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself."
-Thich Nhat Hanh
Service
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
-Winston Churchill
Experience
“Experience is the teacher of all things.”
-Julius Caesar
Will
“When a man's willing and eager the gods join in.”
-Aeschylus
Power
“Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”
-Lao Tzu
Mindfulness
“Give every man thy ear but few thy voice.”
-William Shakespeare
Perseverance
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.”
-Abraham Lincoln
Equanimity
“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
Individuality
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Limitations
“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
― T.S. Eliot
Inner Light
“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
-Saint Francis of Assisi
Togetherness
“If you want to go quickly, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.”
-African Proverb
Gratitude
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.”
-Meister Eckhart
Goodness
“Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.”
-Charles Dickens
Duty and Loyalty
“For the samurai, having done some ‘thing’ or said some ‘thing,’ he knows he owns that ‘thing.’ He is responsible for it and all the consequences that follow. A samurai is immensely loyal to those in his care. To those he is responsible for, he remains fiercely true.”
-The Code of Bushido
Complete Sincerity
“When a samurai has said he will perform an action, it is as good as done. Nothing will stop him from completing what he has said he will do. He does not have to ‘give his word.’ He does not have to ‘promise.’
“Speaking and doing are the same action.”
-The Code of Bushido
Compassion
“Through intense training the samurai becomes quick and strong. He is not as other men. He develops a power that must be used for the good of all. He has compassion. He helps his fellow man at every opportunity. If an opportunity does not arise, he goes out of his way to find one.”
-The Code of Bushido
Honor
“A true samurai has only one judge of honor, and this is himself. Decisions you make and how these decisions are carried out are a reflection of who you truly are.
“You cannot hide from yourself.”
-The Code of Bushido
