It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.

Oh, I’ve always been very… Emotional. ‚Hypersensitive‘ is what they call it, I think.

I have a hard time figuring out what kind of box to put me in, too, because I don’t know exactly what’s going on around me or why. But I need to stay outside of boxes because then I can look at what’s inside of them without being part of them.

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.

I’ve always felt like there was a lot of hype around me even when there wasn’t. I felt like everyone was talking about me even when no one was talking about me.

I have seen how leaders rule by intimidation. Leaders who demonize and dehumanize entire groups of people often do so because they have nothing else to offer. And I have seen how places that stifle the voices and dismiss the potential of their citizens are diminished: how they are less vital, less hopeful, less free.

The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

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

I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted.

Power is competence.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

I have had some cosmetic surgery, especially after I lost weight and stuff, and I’ve had my breasts lifted – but not injected. That would scare me to death, anyway.

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

You’re just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You’ve got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It’s all down to you, mate.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

My moms always told me, ‚How long you gonna play the victim?‘ I can say I’m mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don’t know how to manage it.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.

We’re one of the only animals in the world that don’t really think of ourselves as animals, but we are animals, and we must respect our fellow animals.

For a long time, I thought I was ugly and disfigured. This made me shy and timid, and I often reacted to insults that were not intended.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

I know I’m a good professional, I know that no one’s harder on me than myself and that’s never going to change, under any circumstances.

Being at ease with not knowing is crucial for answers to come to you.

Always make those above you feel comfortably superior. In your desire to please or impress them, do not go too far in displaying your talents or you might accomplish the opposite – inspire fear and insecurity.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

I did my utmost to ensure that everyone below me in the chain of command felt comfortable approaching me with concerns, ideas, thoughts, and even disagreements.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others‘ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

There are going to be things I’m not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

The leaders come up from the volunteers that do the work, and it’s amazing because then they do these incredible things in their community that they never thought they had the power to make that happen.

I think the healthy way to live is to make friends with the beast inside oneself, and that means not the beast but the shadow. The dark side of one’s nature. Have fun with it and you know, is to accept everything about ourselves.

I never say I am a guru.

God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

My ‚fear‘ is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

‚Worry‘ is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

You cannot be President of the United States if you don’t have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff.

You’ve got to invest in the world, you’ve got to read, you’ve got to go to art galleries, you’ve got to find out the names of plants. You’ve got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We’re amazing people.

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

I think I could go away tomorrow. I’ve already accomplished something. It’s such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.

I’m sure a lot of people out there make mistakes.

If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving 20 hours a day to provide his customers with the best goods or services he can and creating the best possible working conditions for his employees.

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don’t just be mad at him or her.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.