Deficiency motivation doesn’t work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

Relish everything that’s inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

There are things around, and I know where they can be got quite easily, but I quite like waking up to the sunshine.

The reason I became 297 pounds is because that was comfortable. What was very uncomfortable was running. What was very uncomfortable was being on a diet. What was very uncomfortable was trying to face things that I didn’t want to face. And I also realized, when I was really big, I had no growth. Why? Because I was living comfortable.

Sometimes, I want to talk on a song and be angry, because I am angry. Then there’s always a part of me that remembers that this record lives past my being angry, and so do I really want to be angry about that? Is that feeling going to have longevity?

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.

Tell your wife often how terrific she looks.

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Winning is the most important. Everything is consequence of that.

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are.

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

Never, never, never give up.

I believe in the Golden Rule – The Man with the Gold… Rules.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

When I was a child, I was very poor and wanted everything. So when I got money, I began buying things.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

No one should be ashamed to admit he is wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

I was ironing my own clothes when I was 11 years old. My mental strength goes back to those days.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.

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

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

I didn’t have nothin‘ going for me… school, home… until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

I think a certain amount of stress in life is good. The stress of just working, which takes effort – I think it keeps you going.

I’ve been a lot more into Facebook and Twitter and Instagram, which was a bit complicated for me to understand the language of each social media, because they all talk in different ways. It’s a nice way for me to tell people I appreciate them, which I forget to do sometimes.

I do not abuse players. I talk to myself; I abuse myself. It’s my way of letting off steam. I do it after every century; I do not do it always. I keep telling myself: ‚Improve, improve from the previous match, the previous shot. You can do it.‘

If you sit there and have that mentality of ‚triple down on what you’re good at,‘ you’re never going to grow. You’re always going to stay the same.

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed.

I will be unhappy if I know I have not accomplished something I should have done that was possible.

I used to have a real problem with self-pity. Every time the devil would throw a pity party, I would attend.

It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.

I’m chasing perfection.

We all self-conscious. I’m just the first to admit it.

The mind of a 19-year-old is very different from the mind of a 26-year-old. You grow. You get into better relationships. You experience more, meet more people, better people. But when you’re in a dark hole at an earlier point in your life – you write about the mindset you’re in at that moment.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.

Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

Transforming yourself into a deep listener will not only prove more amusing as you open your mind to their mind, but you will gain the most invaluable lessons about human psychology.

Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.

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.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

I teach children to be winners.