Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.

It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

I’m chasing perfection.

Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.

You are victors, not victims!

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it’s up to me to choose to develop them.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

I’m always disappointed when people don’t live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.

You’re not a product of your nature. That is your genetic makeup or your nurture, the things that have happened to you. Of course those things affect you powerfully, but they do not determine you.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.

I’m ugly.

The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your life, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there’s nothing really to talk about.

Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to like what you get.

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

It’s easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it’s easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

To excel at the highest level – or any level, really – you need to believe in yourself, and hands down, one of the biggest contributors to my self-confidence has been private coaching.

If you sit there and have that mentality of ‚triple down on what you’re good at,‘ you’re never going to grow. You’re always going to stay the same.

To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.

Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.

I have only one counsel for you – be master.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

When things are going bad, don’t get all bummed out. Don’t get startled; don’t get frustrated. If you can say the word ‚good,‘ guess what? It means you’re still alive. It means you’re still breathing.

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

What you don’t do can be a destructive force.

It’s honestly true that money means nothing to me.

I have goals.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they’re going to do for the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking.

A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.

If you’re doing your best, you won’t have any time to worry about failure.

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

My powers are ordinary. Only my application brings me success.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, ‚I release the need for this in my life‘.

Success has always been a great liar.

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

If you’re living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.

My father will anticipate everything. He will leave you and me no chance to do a great and brilliant deed.

People who pity themselves think, ‚Why would I try to do anything? I’ll just fail.‘

Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we’re living our lives in a very comfortable area. There’s no growth in that.

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.

I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself – let’s put it that way.

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

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.

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!

Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.