Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
Jean-Jacques RousseauYou make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. ‚Hey, y’all, I’m cool with everybody.‘ That’s my message.
Kevin HartYou’re dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.
Walt DisneyDeveloping nations want to become developed nations.
A. P. J. Abdul KalamYou know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
Barack ObamaReally, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.
Elon MuskThe best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.
Franz KafkaTransforming 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.
Robert GreeneThe creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
Ralph Waldo EmersonMastery passes often for egotism.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheReading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
Joseph AddisonMany people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
Eckhart TollePrayer doesn’t just change things – it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.
Joyce MeyerHuman salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.
Martin Luther King, Jr.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.
Virat KohliThe 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.
Bertrand RussellGrowth 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.
John C. MaxwellNo one can give you better advice than yourself.
Marcus Tullius CiceroLive your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.
Immanuel KantEverybody has done something that we wish we didn’t say or do and wish we could take it back.
Mr. TTo love one that is great, is almost to be great one’s self.
Samuel JohnsonLet him that would move the world first move himself.
SocratesThe only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan WattsIf we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we’re going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it’s our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it’s because we’re focused on ourselves!
Joyce MeyerEvery wall is a door.
Ralph Waldo EmersonA man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.
Henry AdamsNature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.
Arthur SchopenhauerTo do your best is no longer good enough. We now have to do the seemingly impossible.
Greta ThunbergTea to the English is really a picnic indoors.
Alice WalkerHealthy discontent is the prelude to progress.
Mahatma GandhiLove and doubt have never been on speaking terms.
Khalil GibranIf 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.
William JamesIn the West, we have been withdrawing from our tradition-, religion-, and even nation-centred cultures.
Jordan PetersonThe key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.
Stephen CoveyNever do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.
Amelia EarhartThe greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Thomas CarlyleInstead of being just a church that welcomes and receives by keeping the doors open, let us try also to be a church that finds new roads, that is able to step outside itself and go to those who do not attend Mass, to those who have quit or are indifferent.
Pope FrancisFreedom is what everyone wants – to be able to act and live with freedom. But the only way to get to a place of freedom is through discipline.
Jocko WillinkPeople won’t have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.
Stephen HawkingMy role 14 years ago in Richard III – that was the first time I played a bad guy and learned a lot about it – they have all the fun!
Denzel WashingtonYou can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.
Napoleon HillThere are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.
Napoleon HillIf you try to protect yourself from pain, it becomes a stone in your heart. But the more you learn to face things, the more likely that stone can become a pearl.
AuroraOne thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.
Richard BransonStart your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.
Karl LagerfeldNever complain and never explain.
Benjamin DisraeliThere’s not a note of mine that’s worth the noting.
William ShakespeareThe man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which is impossible to the pure egoist.
Bertrand RussellMaturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.
Jim RohnThe man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
PlatoThe man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?
Henry David ThoreauThe Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn’t think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.
Joyce MeyerOnce you begin to fall off the track and believe you breathe different air to everyone else, you’re doomed; you’re finished.
Anthony HopkinsGood character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
HeraclitusBecause forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you’ve closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.
Desmond TutuHe ate and drank the precious Words, his Spirit grew robust; He knew no more that he was poor, nor that his frame was Dust.
Emily DickinsonNever marry someone in hope that they’ll change later.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.I brought myself down. I impeached myself by resigning.
Richard M. NixonI’m not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.
Gordon Ramsay