The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

So I’ve seen life as one long learning process. And if I see – you know, if I fly on somebody else’s airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn’t in – 21 years ago, then I’d think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I’d like to fly on.

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

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

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

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

I’m not very articulate.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.

To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.

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

Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The fifth freedom is freedom from ignorance.

Failure is nature’s plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.

I’ve read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I’ve read because he is, like, a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I’m not a big reader.

I never say I am a guru.

And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation.

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.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

I’m all about evolution. I’m the first person to judge myself.

I used to bodyguard for some celebrities and other people, and when I wasn’t doing that, I used to work at a disco as a doorman or a bouncer.

For me, there are two types of people: the young and the experienced.

There are a lot of ‚chicken Christians.‘ Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when a storm comes, all they seem to do is flap around the chicken yard, stirring up dirt and running to the chicken house.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

There are many things I do where the centre of it is… It’s almost more my humanitarian work than art.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

People like to blame others. I think a person should just look at their own situation, look around them, find out what they wish to do, and seek and go and do that. And that’s it.

I think you’re working and learning until you die.

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.

Aim for the highest.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

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.

We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet.

There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

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

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Mine is better than ours.

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.

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

Quite frankly, Russian aggression in Ukraine and its illegal occupation of Crimea remind us that we still have a good deal more work to do to guarantee the strategic vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace.

Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don’t know because we don’t want to know.

Never find fault with the absent.

With all singers, insecurity is your best security. That’s why we’re such loud people and why we walk all funny. You think, ‚Are people interested?‘ But I think our band has something and they know we don’t just put albums out. We do think about it.

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, ‚I release the need for this in my life‘.

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

And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.

I have spoken about inflation, unemployment, farmers‘ problems, security, etc. I keep talking about these issues. I seek answers from the Indian government.

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

I feel like this: Whatever is in your path and in your heart, you need to do.