If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

I think and that is all that I am.

Know thyself? If I knew myself I would run away.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

I’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‚I’m a Christian.‘ I always think, ‚Already? You’ve already got it?‘ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96.

God created man, but I could do better.

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

No, I’m not a French designer either. I’m from nowhere. I’m a European, old European is all I am.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There’s plenty of movement, but you never know if it’s going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

I’ve always felt quite singular, even as a child. That I must stay on track to keep my purpose.

You have to be someone.

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.

Without discipline, there’s no life at all.

A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.

If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

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

We must act out passion before we can feel it.

On a given day, a given circumstance, you think you have a limit.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what’s left?

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Remember, we are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

What you are comes to you.

Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.

I’m sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you’re afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation.

All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy – but in truth each of us knows what is the right thing to do. And that’s how I am guided.

For me, education was power.

Man’s enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself.

I was a grade B housewife, maybe a B minus. But when I got time to write, I would be unable to finish a sentence. I had anxiety attacks. Partly it was a way of personifying the situation because I couldn’t breathe. I was surrounded by people and by duties. I was a housewife and the children’s mother, and I was judged on how I performed those roles.

You can’t talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.

We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.

He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we’re going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it’s our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it’s because we’re focused on ourselves!

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

We live in a culture that relishes tearing others down. It’s ultimately more fulfilling, though, to help people reach their goals. Instead of feeling jealous, remember: If God did it for them, He can do it for you.

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.

I change my mind a lot. I usually don’t agree with what I say very much. I’m an awful liar.

I have a message to give to the world, and I shall not be thwarted.

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

We can never make ourselves better by trying… praying more or longer, studying more of the Word, performing good works, etc. Don’t get me wrong… it’s not bad to do any of these things. In fact, it’s good. It’s just that doing them in God’s power is the only way those things will have any real and lasting effect in our lives.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

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

It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

Be careful what you set your heart upon – for it will surely be yours.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘