Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.

I affirm to you the tremendous potential you have, not beyond anything you could ever imagine.

Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you’re feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success.

You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

I want to rethink ‚surrender‘ as an active verb.

Memories are thoughts that arise. They’re not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it’s just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

‚Suffering should not make us bitter people,‘ my mother once said, ‚it should make us better comforters.‘ Young people need to hear this from those who have walked before them, because someday they’ll be walking those same steps, but there may not be anyone following behind.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.

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.

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

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

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.

The best is the enemy of the good.

You can’t hire someone to practice for you.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.

Nobody is my boss.

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we ourselves.

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me – spiritually and financially.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

Whether a person is straight or gay, Republican, Democrat, good person, not a good person, they’re all welcome, because to me, church is a place you’re supposed to get healed and whole and loved.

Resist the need to be ‚right‘ all the time or to always have the last word.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

I believe that one person can make a difference.

Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

I don’t want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, ‚Wow, you’ve done a great job.‘

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

Your life is like a play with several acts. Some of the characters who enter have short roles to play, others, much larger. Some are villains and others are good guys. But all of them are necessary; otherwise, they wouldn’t be in the play. Embrace them all, and move on to the next act.

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.

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

You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.

When I was about thirteen, the library was going to get ‚Calculus for the Practical Man.‘ By this time I knew, from reading the encyclopedia, that calculus was an important and interesting subject, and I ought to learn it.

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

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.

Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.

Those 62 million girls who are not being educated around the world impact my life in Washington, D.C., in the United States of America. Because if we aren’t empowering and providing the skills and the resources to half of our population, then we’re not realizing our full potential as a society, as mankind.

Dream and you shall become.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

Most of us are raised to believe we are ordinary. The anchor of the universe is present in every child. A parent only needs to guide and step aside and let them fulfill their dharma. Help children remember that they can do or be anything.

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.

I want the world to see my body.

If I was to go to sleep before midnight, I would feel weird about myself, like I wasted a day. My most productive hours are between midnight and five.