If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.

Nothing I can say or devise, and nothing anybody else can say or devise, is going to be perfect.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

Bhai was my hero and he had immense influence on me.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Someday I want to have children and give them all the love I never had.

Eternal principles that govern happiness apply equally to all.

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

What I love best in life is new starts.

Don’t find fault, find a remedy.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.

From the moment I open my eyes, I’m trying to free my body. I’m trying to get looser, more flexible, to gain control. Movement is medicine to me.

What you put into life is what you get out of it.

Over the years, I’ve learned that a confident person doesn’t concentrate or focus on their weaknesses – they maximize their strengths.

Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

I remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid or doing dumb things and getting a bad reputation.

Let him that would move the world first move himself.

Tell the children the truth.

We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.

I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

You either make dust or eat dust.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

Men take only their needs into consideration – never their abilities.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.

You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

When I take my kid to school, all the parents stop and stare.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

I’m super self-critical, which I think is good, because then I get exactly what I want. I’m critical of other people, too – I try not to be, though.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

Don’t wait to be successful at some future point. Have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

Never mistake motion for action.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

We can never make ourselves better by trying… praying more or longer, studying more of the Word, performing good works, etc. Don’t get me wrong… it’s not bad to do any of these things. In fact, it’s good. It’s just that doing them in God’s power is the only way those things will have any real and lasting effect in our lives.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

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.

Aim for the highest.

Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That’s what I’ve done.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

God created man, but I could do better.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

I take my kids to school. And if I go to work, I go to work, and they visit me on set. I come home. I have dinner with my family. I have breakfast with my family. I have a very solid, very warm home.

My three children have brought me great joy.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

All things considered, there’s nobody better for children than parents.