Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

I was born with a great gift, and sometimes with that comes a destructive streak.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other’s well-being, is source of happiness.

Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.

It’s no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.

Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Don’t be afraid to see what you see.

Leadership is a choice, not a position.

Only the shallow know themselves.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.

Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

I know what I believe, I know what I want to do, and I’m just comfortable saying it, and laying it out there.

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.

Hide our ignorance as we will, an evening of wine soon reveals it.

In any decision for action, when you have to make up your mind what to do, there is always a ‚should‘ involved, and this cannot be worked out from, ‚If I do this, what will happen?‘ alone.

Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as constantly under threat. This, by the way, is the case even if the ego is outwardly very confident.

You can tell the tree by the fruit it bears. You see it through what the organization is delivering as far as a concrete program. If the tree’s fruit sours or grows brackish, then the time has come to chop it down – bury it and walk over it and plant new seeds.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

I don’t think I get angry.

I’ve been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn’t feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere.

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

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

You don’t have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don’t have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life.

Real riches are the riches possessed inside.

I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who’s not doing a good job. But I didn’t make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

There’s definitely going to be things that I’m not very good at, things I can improve.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

Our brains are either our greatest assets or our greatest liabilities.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

Talent is something that comes from within; it has nothing to do with age.

Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man’s own eyes when they look upon his own person.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

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

You’re not going to say anything about me that I’m not going to say about myself. There’s so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I’m going to say it before they can. It’s the best policy for me.

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

Ultimately this issue is on us. We’re the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th‘ observer’s sake.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.

I’m one of them guys that tries to make everything the best of the best, so sometimes I’m out of control with it.

I could never give relationship advice to anybody!

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

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.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

Belief is a wise wager. Granted that faith cannot be proved, what harm will come to you if you gamble on its truth and it proves false? If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists.