I don’t like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

In Buddhist culture, offering food to the monk symbolizes the action of goodness, and if you have no opportunity to support the practice of spirituality, then you are somehow left in the realm of darkness.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it – and sometimes three.

Fresh activity is the only means of overcoming adversity.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

I know so many people who feel hopeless, and they ask me, ‚What should I do?‘ And I say: ‚Act. Do something.‘ Because that is the best medicine against sadness and depression.

A fit body gives you confidence. And there’s nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you’ll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.

The vibe in our locker room is real energetic and fun and real personable, I think from Day 1. That gets you through a lot of tough times, where in hard times, it might be common nature for guys to do their own thing and split up and become silent.

Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you.

There is one consolation in being sick; and that is the possibility that you may recover to a better state than you were ever in before.

What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?

It’s in the difficult times that we’re growing and you can’t just rebuke everything hard. We’ve got to endure it and fight the good fight of faith and pass the test.

When things are going bad, there’s going to be some good that’s going to come from it.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.

The sun is gone, but I have a light.

I’ve heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I’ve brought a big bat. I’m all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

The best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

I don’t take pictures when I’m with my kids, for the sake of my kids. It’s important when you’re as busy as I am that you give your kids your time when you’re with them, and nothing compromises that. I’ve been lucky enough to have fans that understand that.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Whether we’re happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.

What I love best in life is new starts.

If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.

I actually feel like women in my position, when we have all at our disposal to help us, shouldn’t complain when we consider all of the people who are really struggling and don’t have the means or support. Many people are single, raising children. That’s hard.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Often we can help each other most by leaving each other alone; at other times we need the hand-grasp and the word of cheer.

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier.

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.

The good man is the friend of all living things.

I try to look on all the great things God’s done, and not focus on the negative. It’s a perspective.

You can’t have it all all at once. Over my lifespan, I think I have had it all, but in given periods in time, things were rough. And if you have a caring life partner, you help the other person when that person needs it.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

I’m always happy to blow up any misconceptions that people have about stage school cos everyone thinks it’s really nasty there but it’s not.

As pessimistic as I am about the nature of human beings and our capacity for atrocity and malevolence and betrayal and laziness and inertia, and all those things, I think we can transcend all that and set things straight.

For the general public or psychos on Facebook, for everyone who’s made one negative comment about me, I’ve probably gotten 250-300 positive comments.

It takes no more time to see the good side of life than it takes to see the bad.

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

Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.

I’ve always been surrounded by many great people and professors, but my family, especially my mom who was a teacher, was the person who encouraged me to study and pushed me to continue. When we’re young, we don’t understand why our parents bug us so much with school and doing homework, but it’s a blessing to have that support at home.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

I supported Donald Trump.

OVOXO will always be there.

My family has very strong women. My mother never laughed at my dream of Africa, even though everyone else did because we didn’t have any money, because Africa was the ‚dark continent‘, and because I was a girl.

Let freedom reign. The sun never set on so glorious a human achievement.

I’m grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in power have spiritual and personal needs like everyone else, and often they have no one to talk to.

Keep a good attitude and do the right thing even when it’s hard. When you do that you are passing the test. And God promises you your marked moments are on their way.

I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it’s the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It’s probably the most important thing in a person.

When we’re looking for compassion, we need someone who is deeply rooted, is able to bend and, most of all, embraces us for our strengths and struggles.

I always kind of see how I want things to be better, and I’m generally not happy with how things are or the level of service that we’re providing for people or the quality of the teams that we built. But if you look at this objectively, we’re doing so well on so many of these things. I think it’s important to have gratitude for that.