The Army will take its lessons learned. They’re excellent at looking into themselves and reflecting on what did we do right, what did we do wrong.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.

If human beings were shown what they’re really like, they’d either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves.

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction.

You can’t hire someone to practice for you.

Instead of blaming everyone and everything else for your problems, pray for God to help you take an inventory of what’s been on your mind so you can think about what you’ve been thinking about.

As for my own views, they’ve of course evolved over the years. This conception of ‚renouncing beliefs‘ is very odd, as if we’re in some kind of religious cult. I ‚renounce beliefs‘ practically every time I think about the topics or find out what someone else is thinking.

I’m always asked, ‚What’s the secret to success?‘ But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.

I’m giving all that I have in this life. I’m opening up my notebook, and I’m saying everything in there out loud.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

No one should be ashamed to admit he is wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can’t I just be an ordinary woman?

Either you’re the one erasing or you’re the one being erased.

It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did do well, that’s Memoirs.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that’s you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don’t really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn’t mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else’s bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you’re exactly the same.

Once you begin to fall off the track and believe you breathe different air to everyone else, you’re doomed; you’re finished.

People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.

Nothing can be by itself alone, no one can be by himself or herself alone, everyone has to inter-be with every one else. That is why, when you look outside, around you, you can see yourself.

Unless I am both capable of and willing to reopen the wound every time I write a song, if I choose to not look inside myself to write music, I’m really not worth being called an artist at all.

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.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man’s happiness really lies in contentment.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

It’s not a coincidence that in the Scriptures, poverty is mentioned more than 2,100 times. It’s not an accident. That’s a lot of air time, 2,100 mentions.

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man’s life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did – which was to hide.

When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, ‚What sign do I want to give to God?‘ That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear.

How do you know what it’s like to be stupid if you’ve never been smart?

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

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.

The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

I spent most of the early years of my walk with God focused on what was wrong with me. Most of us probably do that, hoping to change ourselves.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.

Before all else, be armed.

Industry need not wish.

I even found it difficult to watch myself playing on TV because I couldn’t identify with the person on the screen. I couldn’t get to grips with it. It was as if it was all happening to someone else.

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren’t any other people living in the world.

I don’t think I am evangelical in my work.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

At 155, I will be the same animal, an even better animal.

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn’t think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one’s key to the experience of others.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.