It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

I’ve watched a lot of people who became famous who completely change and I think it’s because they tend to believe all the hype that’s out there. I don’t think there’s that much hype about me.

I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

No one has ever drowned in sweat.

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

The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you’re above everybody else.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

My life is my argument.

To live is to find out for yourself what is true, and you can do this only when there is freedom, when there is continuous revolution inwardly, within yourself.

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

Jiu Jitsu is probably the No. 1 activity that I could recommend to someone to improve their lives overall.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

Creation is a sustained period of bliss, even though the subject can still be very sad. Because there’s the triumph of coming through and understanding that you have, and that you did it the way only you could do it. You didn’t do it the way somebody told you to do it.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States – that is, prosperity.

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.

Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success.

When I was in college I did a lot of stupid things and I don’t want to make an excuse for that. Some of the things that people accuse me of are true, some of them aren’t. There are pranks, IMs.

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.

There’s a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It’s deceptive because when you have pride, you’re usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn’t sell well.

Many people feel so pressured by the expectations of others that it causes them to be frustrated, miserable and confused about what they should do. But there is a way to live a simple, joy-filled, peaceful life, and the key is learning how to be led by the Holy Spirit, not the traditions or expectations of man.

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

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

A man who has no office to go, to I don’t care who he is, is a trial of which you can have no conception.

It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.

Friendship with ones self is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.

Your life will be a blessed and balanced experience if you first honor your identity and priority.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

I’m a genetic optimist.

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I’m making like it’s the last time I’m going to make it.

If your treat an individual… as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

I’ve realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don’t trust my instincts – Thats when I get in trouble.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

I am who I am. That’s why my friends and peers respect and appreciate me. I don’t change or cater my actions to fit my surroundings. I’m myself 24/7. People appreciate that.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.

No driver is perfect.

Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.

I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything – diseases, spiders… and people getting tired of me.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.

It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

Conscious of not being able to separate myself from my time, I have decided to become part of it.

People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.

If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

Mine is better than ours.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.