Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

A bad man is the sort who weeps every time he speaks of a good woman.

I was so ashamed of who I was.

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

I think I have a dualistic nature.

Let the future tell the truth, and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I have really worked, is mine.

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It’s the fear that we’re not good enough.

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

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

I have dreams, and I want to see them come to fruition.

We become what we repeatedly do.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

Irrespective of age, we mourn for those loved and lost. Mourning is one of the deepest expressions of pure love.

I got a signed document from Bullock’s saying that they had such-and-such drawings on consignment. Of course, nobody bought any of them, but otherwise, I was a big success: I had my drawings on sale at Bullock’s!

I just want to be myself.

No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time.

But we try to pretend, you see, that the external world exists altogether independently of us.

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

My moms always told me, ‚How long you gonna play the victim?‘ I can say I’m mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.

I think in defeat you grope for things that are happy, and it’s hard.

The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends.

It was weird to be married; you kind of lose your identity. You’re suddenly somebody’s wife. And you’re like, ‚Oh, I’m half of a couple now. I’ve lost me.‘

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

I was willing to accept what I couldn’t change.

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

If we’re really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what’s causing us to do what we do.

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one’s key to the experience of others.

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.

I mean, I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn’t mean I don’t get frustrated in my life.

There are people in the world who have skills and strength and talent that I will never have. Never. These notions that you can ‚be whatever you want to be as long as you want it bad enough‘ are not true. They are fairy tales.

Prospering just doesn’t have to do with money.

When I was making the early stuff, I never expected it to be so big. I was in my own kind of bubble. I never wanted to tour; I just wanted to create music and make a diary I could put out into the world. And sometimes, I became the characters.

I always wished for this, but it’s almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.

I can’t consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal.

I’ve always believed in God. I also think that’s the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you’re in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement.

Always say ‚yes‘ to the present moment… Surrender to what is. Say ‚yes‘ to life – and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do In His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing.

Instead of blaming everyone and everything else for your problems, pray for God to help you take an inventory of what’s been on your mind so you can think about what you’ve been thinking about.

Vanity can apply to both insecurity and egotism. So I distance myself, because I feel everything.

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

It’s a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur’s metric for success. It’s not, and nor should it be.

Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.

I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that’s going on. I feel like I’m in my own bubble.

People have so much going on in their heads. I’m like, If you could write a song, you’d feel so much better!

I’ve never bought into any sort of hard and fast, this-box/that-box characterization. People are individuals. Yes, they may be expected to be a particular way. But that doesn’t mean they’re going to be that way.

I hate to be smart.

It’s very unnatural to be someone for so many people. But of course it’s very nice.

No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.

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.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.

I want to be part of that long list who have achieved great things with McLaren, won races and championships.