A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.

Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‚Run like hell and all of fire.‘ You don’t want modesty, you want humility.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

My philosophy is: It’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me.

Fear is real, but so is love.

The time to worrying about flying is when you’re on the ground. When you’re up in the air, it’s too late. No point in worrying about it then.

It’s important for me to let my fans know I really don’t care. I’m confident.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

I’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

To do anything to a high level, it has to be total obsession.

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.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

You can’t be happy by doing something groovy.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

As an athlete, you’d better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.

Nobody can ever say that being negative ever helped them at all – not in any way.

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people’s minds.

The child inside of you knows how to take things as they come, how to deal most effectively and happily with everything and everyone it encounters on this planet. If you can recapture that childlike essence of your being, you can stay ‚forever young at heart.‘

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

Changing is not just changing the things outside of us. First of all we need the right view that transcends all notions including of being and non-being, creator and creature, mind and spirit. That kind of insight is crucial for transformation and healing.

Your joy comes from how you think, the choices that we make in life.

People think that at the top there isn’t much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.

There’s a reason that I have confidence out there, and it’s about how I prepare for games and for series and seasons and whatnot, so we’ve got to stick with that kind of thought process.

All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

I’ll die a crazy old man!

I’ve learned never to say never.

For a long time, I had the idea that I would do a certain amount of work the best I could, and then I would reach a comfort zone, and I wouldn’t be pushed to write more. I would become a different person. It’s a surprise to me that this hasn’t happened. Your body ages, but your mind is the same.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Well, you know, I’m the forever optimist.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don’t recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don’t let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.

The thing we fear we bring to pass.

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

The happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it.

Think and grow rich.

I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

I’m not a regrets-type person.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

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

If we say it long enough eventually we’re going to reap a harvest. We’re going to get exactly what we’re saying.

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn’t mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else’s bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?

You’re never as good as everyone tells you when you win, and you’re never as bad as they say when you lose.

The battle is all over except the ‚shouting‘ when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

I didn’t get trained by the school system like other kids, and when I did concentrate on learning, my mind was cluttered and locked by the programming of the system.

People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.

Over the years, I’ve learned that a confident person doesn’t concentrate or focus on their weaknesses – they maximize their strengths.

It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either.

You’ll see it when you believe it.