Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it’s happening.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

I realized the other day that I’ve lived in New York longer than I’ve lived anywhere else. It’s amazing: I am a New Yorker. It’s strange; I never thought I would be.

Why am I a star? It can’t be because of looks.

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

Never marry someone in hope that they’ll change later.

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody’s life.

People always say when they meet me that I’m not what they expect. I assume they think I’m this super dark and depressing guy, but I like to channel all of those emotions into my work.

Nearly all the things I do that are of any merit at all start off just being good fun, and I think I’m sort of building up to doing something else quite soon.

When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ.

As a vulnerability researcher, the greatest barrier I see is our low tolerance for vulnerability. We’re almost afraid to be happy. We feel like it’s inviting disaster.

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

It’s still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

There is a great deal of unmapped country within us which would have to be taken into account in an explanation of our gusts and storms.

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.

To live alone is the fate of all great souls.

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

I had to come from something, come from a place that was negative and positive but the majority of it is a negative place.

I need music. It’s like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what’s going on – bad games, press, whatever!

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.

I know so many people who feel hopeless, and they ask me, ‚What should I do?‘ And I say: ‚Act. Do something.‘ Because that is the best medicine against sadness and depression.

Doing the box set is one of those things where you get to rewrite your own history to some extent. We could take out some of the songs that we felt weren’t as strong as some of the others, so you look better.

I am, as a character, at times, a little overbearing. I recognize that.

Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.

Libraries raised me.

Without failure there is no achievement.

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

Love always ends differently and it always begins differently – especially with me.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

If you are surrounded by your competition and you are outworking these people, outmaneuvering these people, it’s hard not to let your confidence take over. It just builds and builds and builds.

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

I’m an introvert somewhat. There could be a room full of people, I’ll go stand in the corner.

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I’m going to grow artistically.

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

Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.

Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.

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

Desire is the essence of a man.

I resigned from the Marine Corps and flying in 1974, even though I loved them both. I quit because I no longer wanted to fight for peace. Instead, I believe we can build a more sustainable peace by working for prosperity.

I see fighters make funny videos about me and stick them on Facebook and get 20 likes. When I make a video, I sell it to Fox and make seven figures. That’s the difference.

When I’m inspired, I get excited because I can’t wait to see what I’ll come up with next.

You will never fulfill your destiny doing work you despise.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

So many people live with anger and unforgiveness, and many of them are Christians.

It’s an offseason. These days are valuable for everybody.

Life is a lively process of becoming.

A leader is a dealer in hope.