It feels like you’re free because you’re choosing, but if the answer is always yes, that’s not much of a choice.

wasn’t anything more you could have done.

One doesn’t take care of the body because to abuse it is a sin, but because if we abuse the temple, we insult our chances of success as much as any god. Gehrig was fully ready to admit that his discipline meant he missed out on a few pleasures.

In the ancient world, virtue was comprised of four key components. Courage. Temperance. Justice. Wisdom.

A weak mind must be constantly entertained and stimulated. A strong mind can occupy itself and, more important, be still and vigilant in moments that demand it.

In the ancient world, virtue was comprised of four key components. Courage. Temperance. Justice. Wisdom.

Of course, some things, like our principles, cannot change . . . but everything else? We have to be strong enough to adjust and adapt . . . lest we end up angry, bitter, and impossible to work with.

Instead, she approached it as a pastor’s daughter, the person she was raised to be, not the politician she had become.

Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.