Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.

I wanted to get a job being creative, and I did.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure in the moment so that you can succeed in the future.

I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.

I have made a few mistakes early on that I admit myself, and there have been times when I have gone over the top and done things that you shouldn’t do in international cricket, but that’s how you learn.

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.

Any experience that touches you, in any particular way, is good. It can be a horrible experience.

I can’t do nothing just a little.

I think – I don’t know, maybe it’s nostalgia. But the choice, losing the choice to be able to use film is going to be – it’s gone. It’s going to be gone.

I’m just going to say it: I’m pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it’s about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we’ve done – or failed to do – with our personal values.

I’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

I just think it’s so important not to take yourself too seriously.

Weak character will neutralize all of the other possible good qualities a person might possess.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

Only the insecure strive for security.

Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it’s at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Don’t get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that – if you dare. But get older because it’s fun!

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.

There is but one cause of human failure. And that is man’s lack of faith in his true Self.

Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction.

My goal is just to be respected as a man when I walk down the street with my family. I don’t care what your job is, you’re not gonna talk down to me, you’re not gonna try to get a rise out of me. I’m a man first. And in establishing that, some interesting things have happened.

There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we’ve got a system that allows them to do it.

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

The sexiest thing that a woman can do, wear, and say all fall under one word to me: subtlety. To be subtle in the things that she does and the things she says and the things she wears – I appreciate the details.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

When you are organizing a group of people, the first thing that we do is we talk about the history of what other people have been able to accomplish – people that look like them, workers like them, ordinary people, working people – and we give them the list: these are people like yourself; this is what they were able to do in their community.

I think it’s OK to be confident in yourself.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

When you face a ‚performance‘ that might provoke the ‚I’m scared‘ response, choose love and approach your opportunity as a chance to dance with God. It’s more fun than ‚Dancing with the Stars!‘

Every seven years, I sit down and make a whole new plan.

By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you’re aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.

Live the life you’ve dreamed.

Government can provide opportunity. But opportunity means nothing unless people are prepared to seize it.

People really had a problem with my disinterest in submission. They had a problem with my intellect, and they had a problem with my choice of lovers. They had a problem with my choice of everything.

If you believe that feeling bad or worrying long enough will change a past or future event, then you are residing on another planet with a different reality system.

My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.

There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.

What’s wrong with being a boring kind of guy?

If there be no enemy there’s no fight. If no fight, no victory and if no victory there is no crown.

To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short.

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.

Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.

There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.