Anyone who seeks to destroy the passions instead of controlling them is trying to play the angel.

Alas! You complain that your soul is out of tune. Then ask the Master to tune the heart-strings.

Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I’m past that age.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man’s estate, is the gift of education.

Always remember that your calmness under fire is your best defense in any argument or discussion.

From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind.

Be a player; don’t play yourself. And don’t play basketball. That’s not your sport, Jeb Bush.

Well, I wouldn’t say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that’s you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don’t really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

Don’t be dependent. At all. Ever. Period.

We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that’s going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.

Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.

Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

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

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.

Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.

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

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

I always make my dreams into goals.

I have only one counsel for you – be master.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately… you usually don’t use it at all. It uses you.

I don’t think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It’s to do with how much anger is in you.

Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

My experience with power, you can maintain it, or you get it taken from you. You get you some newfound power and go crazy, and it get taken from you quick.

Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

That’s the biggest gift I can give anybody: ‚Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you’re doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.‘

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

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

I just get annoyed at myself. A lot of swearing goes on generally when I am driving.

The aim of a college education is to teach you to know a good man when you see one.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

People won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.

Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.

You cannot always control what goes on outside. But you can always control what goes on inside.

Education doesn’t change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

I do believe in self-help.

Being humble matters.

It is natural to want to have a future.

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

Of course, individual change doesn’t make much difference in a holistic picture… but we need both systemic change and individual change.

You can’t be happy by doing something groovy.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.