I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything – diseases, spiders… and people getting tired of me.

You get one life. I’m going to embrace mine.

We were the first generation to have to deal with the modern stardom of football. Some handled it better than others.

When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

At the Carter Center we work with victims of oppression, and we give support to human rights heroes.

Now, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there’s gonna come a time that you’re gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

He who knows himself is enlightened.

Let go of yesterday.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

If you try to protect yourself from pain, it becomes a stone in your heart. But the more you learn to face things, the more likely that stone can become a pearl.

I’m a super-duper over-analyzer. You mix that with self-doubt and pressure, and that’s never healthy.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

Die to everything of yesterday so that your mind is always fresh, always young, innocent, full of vigor and passion.

I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can’t get bitter, we can’t get jaded.

I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.

I feel like my music has become a lot of things. It’s hard to label the evolution, but I like there to be an evolution. I just like to paint with all different kinds of colors.

Your entire life only happens in this moment. The present moment is life itself. Yet, people live as if the opposite were true and treat the present moment as a stepping stone to the next moment – a means to an end.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.

I change during the course of a day. I wake and I’m one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I’m somebody else.

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

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.

If you are not being bullied all I would say – cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well – is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there’s someone in your class that maybe doesn’t have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person.

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

People have different emotional levels. Especially when you’re young.

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.

If you are full of motivation as a player, if you are full of concentration, I am open arms.

I’m afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side. I’m afraid they’ll mock me, think I’m ridiculous and sentimental and not take me seriously. I’m used to not being taken seriously, but only the ‚light-hearted‘ Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the ‚deeper‘ Anne is too weak.

You know, you can only lead them from behind.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

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 probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

Money does not change people, people change.

I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don’t have any flaws.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future… but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don’t let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

Don’t let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don’t whine. You can be brought low, that’s OK, but don’t be reduced by them. Just say, ‚That’s life.‘

A person who is truly authentic doesn’t need to play a role in life, we think, but can simply be him – or herself.

Mine is better than ours.

We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

Be happy with being you. Love your flaws. Own your quirks. And know that you are just as perfect as anyone else, exactly as you are.

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

In Germany, they all thought I was a bit mental, very emotional.

No matter what, people grow. If you chose not to grow, you’re staying in a small box with a small mindset. People who win go outside of that box. It’s very simple when you look at it.

I know that I always wanted things. I was always proud of my people, proud of my home, but I always wanted more. I think most people do.

I’ve had sleep paralysis.

Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you’re changing, emotionally as well as physically?

I didn’t leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.

The older I get, the more important the eternal becomes to me personally.

I guess I’m living in the present more than the past.

Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

I think that people just have this core desire to express who they are. And I think that’s always existed.

Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.