If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

If anything is good for pounding humility into you permanently, it’s the restaurant business.

I look at myself like a show dog. I’ve got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.

No man who worships education has got the best out of education… Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete.

I think happiness is a goal all of us can agree on. Let’s face it – we all would like to be happy.

When you make a mistake and the devil comes and tells you ‚You’re no good,‘ you don’t have to take on the guilt and condemnation he wants to put on you. No! You can immediately confess your mistake to God, thank Him for forgiving you and cleansing you with the blood of Jesus, and move forward in the victory of His grace and forgiveness.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.

Nay, be a Columbus to whole new continents and worlds within you, opening new channels, not of trade, but of thought.

I was always told as a child by my mother that you always have to be impeccable, even when you go to bed.

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.

A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that’s fine. But even if you don’t quote-unquote make it, you’re fine if you’ve given it your whole heart and soul.

Don’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

I’m a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything.

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.

Success has always been a great liar.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don’t want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

There are going to be things I’m not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.

The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

I’ve found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them.

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

Players now have a groin injury for months and months, and I often think they don’t really give a toss whether they’re playing or not because they’re getting paid anyway.

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

In order to heal others, we first need to heal ourselves. And to heal ourselves, we need to know how to deal with ourselves.

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.

You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards.

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.

I remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid or doing dumb things and getting a bad reputation.

If you’re not ready for everything, you’re not ready for anything.

A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.

I learned a long time ago how to be coachable.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

I’ve read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I’ve read because he is, like, a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I’m not a big reader.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.

The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

I don’t think I will ever be content. I am somebody who is always hungry.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.

You simply have to accept that your demons are a part of you.

We cannot live being obsessed with what other people think about us. It’s impossible to live like that. Not even God managed to please the entire world.