Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.

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.

Transforming yourself into a deep listener will not only prove more amusing as you open your mind to their mind, but you will gain the most invaluable lessons about human psychology.

It’s very difficult to regulate yourself, and if you learn to do that, well, it starts to spill over.

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

I love getting out of my comfort zone.

Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it’s about earning approval and acceptance.

You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can.

When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

False face must hide what the false heart doth know.

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

The man who has the will to undergo all labor may win to any good.

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.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

God created man, but I could do better.

Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good… Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‚em, ‚Certainly I can!‘ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

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

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

I don’t have the best track record with quotes.

There’s a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

Only God can look at somebody’s heart.

Anything I do, I want to do it well.

I realised a little bit to my astonishment that I can give a lecture for a thousand people, and there will be this tumultuous applause, so, you know, I have the feeling well, it can’t be all that bad.

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.

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.

Whatever that means, however you got on that mountain, why not try to climb it? And do it in your own way.

I’ve learned not to look at reviews. Early on, I did. I was always curious.

I am not going to Heaven because I have preached to great crowds or read the Bible many times. I’m going to Heaven just like the thief on the cross who said in that last moment: ‚Lord, remember me.‘

My grandfather once ventured upon publishing a volume of hymns. I never heard anyone speak in their favour or argue that they ought to have been sung in the congregation. In that volume, he promised a second if the first should prove acceptable. We forgive him the first collection because he did not inflict another.

Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition – such as lifting weights – we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

You have learnt something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something.

I can’t do nothing just a little.

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

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

I’m kind of fascist with myself, you know.

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.

It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you’ve blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

The doer alone learneth.