It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

You get one life. I’m going to embrace mine.

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.

Even when you’re 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.

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

I don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

The fearful unbelief is unbelief in yourself.

Every noble work is at first impossible.

But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can’t tell you how frustrating it was that they didn’t get that. No joke – I’d leave meetings crying all the time.

Whatever your life’s work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

I believe God, Jesus, died that we not just go to Heaven but that we excel in this life. I never think you make money your goal… God wants you to excel. Just keep Him in first place, and God will open up doors you never dreamed of.

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

If you take no risks, you will suffer no defeats. But if you take no risks, you win no victories.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.

Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.

Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

Great acts are made up of small deeds.

Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.

Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

I think it’s quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you’ve got another reason for keeping fit.

Becoming an inspiration for kids is great. I want to inspire them to do whatever they want to.

I pity the fool who just gives up.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

I do believe in the old saying, ‚What does not kill you makes you stronger.‘ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

Prayer doesn’t just change things – it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.

I worked with someone who told me they’d never like me. But for some reason, I just felt like I needed her approval. So I started changing myself to please her. It made me stop being social and friendly. I was so unhappy.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

Over the years I’ve learned how to lock myself up in a prison of hope, knowing that God has nothing but His best planned for me. He promised me things concerning my ministry and my life.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

I had a good time boxing. I enjoyed it – and I may come back.

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.

Getting out of bed is like the foundation of the discipline, and I think it carries over into everything else.

You fail only if you stop writing.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

I do not live on false promises. I cannot afford to live on bad advice.

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.

There’s not a note of mine that’s worth the noting.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour.

I was in a terrible mess in my childhood.

Only you can control your future.

Whatever good things we build end up building us.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

I get up every morning and say, ‚Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.‘