I’ve always wanted to live above my means because it inspired me to work harder.

For a long time I was scared I’d find out I was like my mother.

I had so many people try to talk me out of starting a rocket company, it was crazy.

Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

It’s true that I’ve never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.

No person is important enough to make me angry.

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

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.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

Dream and you shall become.

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Life begins on the other side of despair.

Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

I have to work really hard to get the record deal – I have to spend years at it to get good. I have to practice to be good at guitar.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

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

I take inspiration from everyone and everything. I’m inspired by current champions, former champions, true competitors, people dedicated to their dream, hard workers, dreamers, believers, achievers.

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

I can handle pain.

I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.

Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.

If you don’t live your life, then who will?

The Bible says to ‚fear not,‘ but this doesn’t mean you should never feel scared. It means when you do feel fear, keep going forward and do what you are supposed to do. Or as I like to say, do it afraid.

I never want to change so much that people can’t recognize me.

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts as we travel toward our distant goal.

What I enjoy most is doing something I’ve never done before.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

The key to winning is choosing to do God’s will and loving others with all you’ve got.

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

You know capitalism is this wonderful thing that motivates people, it causes wonderful inventions to be done. But in this area of diseases of the world at large, it’s really let us down.

I’m chasing perfection.

The first step in a person’s salvation is knowledge of their sin.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.

You’ve got to have faith in what you’re doing and not take no for an answer.

You can retire from a job, but don’t ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life.

I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of me matter. To be on that list, you have to love me for my strengths and struggles.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.

The reason I became 297 pounds is because that was comfortable. What was very uncomfortable was running. What was very uncomfortable was being on a diet. What was very uncomfortable was trying to face things that I didn’t want to face. And I also realized, when I was really big, I had no growth. Why? Because I was living comfortable.

To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes.

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me – spiritually and financially.

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 always had faith in my creative capacity.

You do things when the opportunities come along. I’ve had periods in my life when I’ve had a bundle of ideas come along, and I’ve had long dry spells. If I get an idea next week, I’ll do something. If not, I won’t do a damn thing.

He who knows himself is enlightened.

What really motivates people at Facebook is building stuff that they’re proud of.

The future doesn’t belong to the fainthearted; it belongs to the brave.

How one life turns out is not dependent on what people do to us or what they don’t do for us.

Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

I’m no genius.

It was a personal decision for me to stand and say that cricket is all I have in life, there’s nothing I need to do other than cricket. If I want to achieve whatever I thought as a kid, I need to work hard and not let it go to waste.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.