The possession of anything begins in the mind.

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

What someone else does or doesn’t do has no effect on me and what I do.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

I’d rather be a victor than a victim.

Writing is challenging work because it’s so easy to get consumed with how it’s going, what’s going to happen to it, who’s going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.

Throughout my years in business, I discovered something. I would always ask why you do things. The answers that I would invariably get are: ‚Oh, that’s just the way things are done around here.‘ Nobody knows why they do what they do. Nobody thinks very deeply about things in business.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education.

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.

Now, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there’s gonna come a time that you’re gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it.

My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

Every man is his own hell.

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

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

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

I’m like a recovering perfectionist. For me it’s one day at a time.

I thought I couldn’t make a difference because I was too small.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.

Theoretical physics is one of the few fields in which being disabled is no handicap – it is all in the mind.

I say there’re no depressed words just depressed minds.

I’m not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

As unique as we all are, an awful lot of us want the same things. We want to shake up our current less-than-fulfilling lives. We want to be happier, more loving, forgiving and connected with the people around us.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.

Talk well of the absent whenever you have the opportunity.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

Don’t let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don’t whine. You can be brought low, that’s OK, but don’t be reduced by them. Just say, ‚That’s life.‘

My upbringing was solid because of the people I had around me.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

I grew up with my career being thrust upon me. It took me a long time to believe that I could do more than that one aspect of our business.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

I don’t fight in chase of an individual. I hear this sometimes where fighters work their whole careers to reach a matchup with a certain individual. I do not think in that way.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Freedom is what everyone wants – to be able to act and live with freedom. But the only way to get to a place of freedom is through discipline.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.