1 “No man is free who is not master of himself.”
2 “Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.”
3 “The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
4 “There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”
5 “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”
6 “If you are ever tempted to look for outside approval, realize that you have compromised your integrity. If you need a witness, be your own.”
7 “Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views which they perceive about things.”
8 “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
9 “Don’t demand that things happen as you wish, but wish that they happen as they do happen.”
10 “The world turns aside to let any man pass who knows where he is going.”
11 “The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.”
With Ken Thompson 