Brain food

If you really want to judge of the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Every fool may become a hero at one time or another. Watch a man do his most common actions; those are indeed the things which will tell you the real character of a great man. 

No one can get anything unless he earns it. This is an eternal law

Work for work's sake - do not care for name, or fame, or even to go to heaven...work just because good will come of it.

Unselfishness is more paying, only people have not the patience to practice it.

All outgoing energy following a selfish motive is frittered away; it will not cause power to return to you; but if restrained, it will result in development of power. This self-control will tend to produce a mighty will, a character which makes a Christ or a Buddha.

 "To work we have the right, but not to the fruits thereof:"

 Leave the fruits alone. Why care for results? If you wish to help a man, never think what that man's attitude should be towards you. If you want to do a great or a good work, do not trouble to think what the result will be. - - 

Attachment comes only where we expect a return (origin of suffering is attachment)

Ignorance is the mother of all the evil . Let men have light, then alone will misery cease in the world. We may convert every house in the country into a charity asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but the misery of man will still continue to exist until man's character changes.

"Lost wealth may be replaced by industry, lost knowledge by study, lost health by temperance or medicine, but lost time is gone forever." --Samuel Smiles

• Always carry yourself as though everyone is watching, even when no one is watching.  Be reliable

• set a goal, make a plan, and then throw your whole heart into making it a reality.

•  Always be willing to endure the risks and the sacrifices.