I created myself. I have taught myself so much.

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody – like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and I thought, ‚That can be me.‘ So I started working out. The funny thing is I didn’t realize back then that I was having a defining moment.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

I think the great part about what I do is that there’s a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There’s a tangible score.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

I have promised myself that I’m going to do everything I can for as long as I can.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.

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

Right discipline consists, not in external compulsion, but in the habits of mind which lead spontaneously to desirable rather than undesirable activities.

Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.

The best part about being in your thirties is you know what works for you.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

It’s the journey of self, I guess. You start with this kind of loner, outside guy, which a lot of people can relate to, and he goes out into the world.

That nice, soft pillow and the warm blanket, and it’s all comfortable, and no one wants to leave that comfort – but if you can wake up early in the morning, get a head start on everyone else that’s still sleeping, get productive time doing things that you need to do – that’s a huge piece to moving your life forward.

Doubt grows with knowledge.

I was always taught not to answer no questions. I’m not really good at answering them because I get agitated so fast.

Nothing will work unless you do.

What I love best in life is new starts.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

There are phases in life which surface at times, and it makes you understand that despite you working hard, everything what you are doing is probably not enough. That’s when you need to look around, and beyond.

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

The method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

I’m always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I’m going to get up in the morning.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all education? It is not to save time, but to squander it.

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

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

You can never get enough of what you don’t want.

Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.

You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.

If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.

What is a fear of living? It’s being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself – for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don’t know what you’re here to do, then just do some good.

You don’t know what you can get away with until you try.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

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.