Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

In art, at a certain level, there is no ‚better than.‘ It’s just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it.

Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Wanting to feel good is synonymous with wanting to feel God.

Fear is stupid. So are regrets.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

I don’t focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing, then I don’t worry about it.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means – either may do – the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.

The most propagandistic element of ‚Frozen‘ was the transformation of the prince at the beginning of the story, who was a perfectly good guy, into a villain with no character development whatsoever about three-quarters of the way to the ending.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

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.

In a lot of ways, success is much harder than I thought it would be. I figured that you’d get here and then everything would be happily ever after. But, it’s hard work, almost harder once you’re successful because you’ve got to maintain it.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

To destroy is always the first step in any creation.

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

Not being afraid to be wrong – I had to learn how to do that.

The space shuttle was often used as an example of why you shouldn’t even attempt to make something reusable. But one failed experiment does not invalidate the greater goal. If that was the case, we’d never have had the light bulb.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.

Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.

Your Highest Self only wants you to be at peace. It does not judge, compare, or demand that you defeat anyone or be better than anyone.

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.

Where much is expected from an individual, he may rise to the level of events and make the dream come true.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘

If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.

Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can’t find.

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life.

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.

The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception of and response to failure.

I liked school, but I used to dread those moments when the teacher would call me up to give an oral report. I forced myself to deal with it and not dwell on the class in front of me – to keep a straight face, give the report and concentrate on getting it right. That’s normally how I perform. That’s how I am.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

When I get down, I don’t waller around for long.

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good… Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

The best is the enemy of the good.

I know that I’m not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don’t know how not to.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

If you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won’t see why we go.

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

I don’t have the best track record with quotes.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Whatever you want to do, do with full passion and work really hard towards it. Don’t look anywhere else. There will be a few distractions, but if you can be true to yourself, you will be successful for sure.

Do something wonderful, people may imitate it.

Marines don’t know how to spell the word ‚defeat‘.

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.