Being humble matters.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it’s fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

You learn a lot in life but there are a lot of tools and resources in school that help you grow professionally and personally for whatever goal you may want to achieve.

I learned a long time ago how to be coachable.

I think you’re working and learning until you die.

Never complain. Never explain.

I don’t think I will ever be content. I am somebody who is always hungry.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

I’m pretty positive, optimistic, so I always expect the best.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don’t complain.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

Think and grow rich.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves… self-discipline with all of them came first.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.

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.

Don’t ever play yourself.

I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I’ve already made them.

I always try to be smart. I try to treat all the money I’m making like it’s the last time I’m going to make it.

A broad margin of leisure is as beautiful in a man’s life as in a book. Haste makes waste, no less in life than in housekeeping. Keep the time, observe the hours of the universe, not of the cars.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you’re criticizing God.

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.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition – such as lifting weights – we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.

Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

It is always your next move.

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

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.

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

You fail only if you stop writing.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

Little by little, not by making big promises, I need to be calmer, read more, spend more time with my loved ones, and be more mindful about nature and environment.

I really have no interest in myself.

I don’t need to be vindicated, and I don’t want attention.

To create something you must be something.