Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn’t.

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves – and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either.

I just really believe people have to get hungry. I think maybe what we need to do, instead of trying to stuff our beliefs down people’s throats, is just pray for them to really be hungry and to see their neediness.

Everything has changed, and nothing has changed more than the world of fashion.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

We can realise a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation.

All of us are mentors. You’re mentors right here and now. And one of the things I’ve always done throughout my life, I have always found that person, that group of people that I was going to reach my hand out and help bring them along with me.

I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.

I’m only going to stand before God and give an account for my life, not for somebody else’s life. If I have a bad attitude, then I need to say there’s no point in me blaming you for what’s wrong in my life.

Every man’s memory is his private literature.

The confessional is not a torture chamber, but the place in which the Lord’s mercy motivates us to do better.

The best is the enemy of the good.

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice… No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.

You don’t sign up for a divorce when you get married. It’s very painful. But it’s taught me a great deal about myself.

Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It’s rage, it’s creativity, it’s pain, it’s hurt, but it’s the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music.

‚They‘ is… stay away from them, please. There is so many different definitions of ‚they.‘ You might have a personal ‚they.‘ They against you; they want you broken and miserable. They don’t like winners; they don’t like people who’s blessed. So everybody’s got a different ‚they.‘

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

Who can exhaust a man? Who knows a man’s resources?

People invest in businesses that they believe have the leadership, mission and team to grow and operate profitably.

Man has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.

Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

Overall there’s going to be things I’m not great at.

One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.

We should purify our innate well of contentment – what a wonderful expression – and then external things will be in harmony with us.

It has actually been suggested that warfare may have been the principle evolutionary pressure that created the huge gap between the human brain and that of our closest living relatives, the anthropoid apes. Whole groups of hominids with inferior brains could not win wars and were therefore exterminated.

I try never to wear my own clothes, I pretend I’m someone else.

Character is power.

One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.

Whatever we believe about how we got to be the extraordinary creatures we are today is far less important than bringing our intellect to bear on how do we get together now around the world and get out of the mess that we’ve made. That’s the key thing now. Never mind how we got to be who we are.

For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That was when I broke out of my shell at school, because I really didn’t have any friends or anything like that and I just kind of was going along, and then finally I did this zany thing, and all of a sudden I had tons of friends.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

Any experience that touches you, in any particular way, is good. It can be a horrible experience.

Now I realize that from ’72 through to about ’76, I was the ultimate rock star. I couldn’t have been more rock star.

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.

There’s not some idea I’m going to create a work that’s going to change everybody’s consciousness.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

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

Everything negative – pressure, challenges – is all an opportunity for me to rise.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Every three months, I’ll say, ‚Honey, I think I should learn how to cook‘.

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I’m working on the foundation.

Fear? If I have gained anything by damning myself, it is that I no longer have anything to fear.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.

When you’re coming up with new material, it’s not always gonna be good. The only way to learn is for it not to get a laugh, so you can adjust it and come back the next day to see if it’s working right. Next time, you might get a different laugh. You’re constantly rebuilding.

I believe growth should be constant, sustained and inclusive. It’s only meaningful if these three things are there. Otherwise they’re just economic figures.

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

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

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

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

There is no real limit to how much better a person who really commits to getting better can get. Every manager has the potential to become an excellent manager for the rest of his or her career.

Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.

Only the shallow know themselves.