And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that’s fine with me!

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

I’m not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player’s ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence… I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.

You can never get enough of what you don’t want.

Be not simply good – be good for something.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There’s always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

My goal is to entertain myself and others.

Confidence, as a teenager? Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I loved cats. Those three things. So, even though I was an only kid, I could be happy because I knew what I loved.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

I always wanted to be loved.

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.

I already am a product.

It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available – more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don’t have to run into the future in order to get more.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

Without being the most confident person in the world, I think I am the right person for Liverpool.

If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.

I don’t believe in ‚thinking‘ old. Although I’ve transitioned through many bodies – a baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, mid-life and older adult – my spirit is unchanged. I support my body with exercise, my mind with reading and writing, and my spirit with the knowing that I am part of the Divine source of all life.

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

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.

I wish they would only take me as I am.

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.

For a highly motivated learner, it’s not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you’re a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.

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.

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

I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

Coaching wouldn’t be for me. No, certainly not.

We’re in the last days, man – I truly, in my heart, believe that. It’s written. I could go on with biblical situations and things my grandma told me. But it’s about being at peace with myself and making good with the people around me.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

Once I realized that right thinking is vital to victorious living, I got more serious about thinking about what I was thinking about, and choosing my thoughts carefully.

Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

I’m not a bad person.

Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

Jealousy… is a mental cancer.

What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.

If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow.

I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures – be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

I’m super self-critical, which I think is good, because then I get exactly what I want. I’m critical of other people, too – I try not to be, though.

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

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you’ve blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

Character is destiny.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Each day brings opportunity for decisions for eternity.

When one has not had a good father, one must create one.

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did – which was to hide.

If you want to be a voice for peace in the world, begin by making peace a permanent condition of your own life.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.