I will praise any man that will praise me.

In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of ‚Who do you think you are?‘

You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

Your Highest Self is not just an idea that sounds lofty and spiritual. It is a way of being. It is the very first principle that you must come to understand and embrace as you move toward attracting to you that which you want and need for this parenthesis in eternity that you know as your life.

Now I realize that from ’72 through to about ’76, I was the ultimate rock star. I couldn’t have been more rock star.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

I’m giving all that I have in this life. I’m opening up my notebook, and I’m saying everything in there out loud.

I disagree with everything I used to say.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

Take the complications, rules, shoulds, musts, have tos, and so on out of your life. By uncomplicating your life and removing the trivial pursuits that occupy so much of it, you open a channel for the genius within you to emerge.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.

People say you have to hit rock bottom, and, I can tell you, almost dying is as rock bottom as it gets.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.

The hardest thing for – not only an artist but for anybody to do is look themselves in the mirror and acknowledge, you know, their own flaws and fears and imperfections and put them out there in the open for people to relate to it.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

I think there is a lot made out of age, and what age you feel.

I’ll never, ever be full. I’ll always be hungry. Obviously, I’m not talking about food. Growing up, I had nothing for such a long time. Someone told me a long time ago, and I’ve never forgotten it, ‚Once you’ve ever been hungry, really, really hungry, then you’ll never, ever be full.‘

When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.

I don’t like to read things that people write about me. I’d rather read what kids have to say about me because it’s not their profession to do that.

To accuse others for one’s own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one’s education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one’s education is complete.

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

You can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It’s your call.

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

I’ve done many ads because that’s my new career. It’s an inspiring extension for my mind.

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

The higher the sun ariseth, the less shadow doth he cast; even so the greater is the goodness, the less doth it covet praise; yet cannot avoid its rewards in honours.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

I don’t regret anything.

Spending time with God through prayer and His Word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose.

Get mad, then get over it.

I’m an introvert somewhat. There could be a room full of people, I’ll go stand in the corner.

My lighter, more superficial side will always steal a march on the deeper side and therefore always win. You can’t imagine how often I’ve tried to push away this Anne, which is only half of what is known as Anne – to beat her down, hide her.

Learn to say ‚no‘ to the good so you can say ‚yes‘ to the best.

I don’t ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing ‚cos that’s just… that’s just telling yourself a lie.

If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

I think I’ve got wiser.

You can hold yourself back from the sufferings of the world, that is something you are free to do and it accords with your nature, but perhaps this very holding back is the one suffering you could avoid.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

I don’t think there’s anyone who would say they don’t want or need more of God’s power in their life.

I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I’m going to grow artistically.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

One mustn’t close one’s eyes to difficulty and to shortcomings; the more one recognizes them, the less they upset one.

In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.

I do believe in the old saying, ‚What does not kill you makes you stronger.‘ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

I was asked to act when I couldn’t act. I was asked to sing ‚Funny Face‘ when I couldn’t sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn’t dance – and do all kinds of things I wasn’t prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

It is amazing how a new child can refocus one’s direction seconds after its birth.

I always believed that when you follow your heart or your gut, when you really follow the things that feel great to you, you can never lose, because settling is the worst feeling in the world.

One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us… While what we call ‚our own life‘ remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make ‚our own life‘ less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.

In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar.