Every time you think the problem is ‚out there,‘ that very thought is the problem.

Remember that life’s big changes rarely give advance warning.

People tend to play in their comfort zone, so the best things are achieved in a state of surprise, actually.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

Those who know me know I’m passionate about lists, and top of my list of priorities is my family. My wife Joan and I do not consider our legacy to our children to be wealth or fame but the opportunity to pursue happiness by following their own path.

Through the right people focusing on the right things, we can, in time, get on top of a lot if not most of the problems of this world. And that’s what a number of us are trying to do.

Some people are very good at being ‚stars‘ and it suits them. I’m grudging about it and I find it annoying.

What is a fear of living? It’s being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself – for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don’t know what you’re here to do, then just do some good.

Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.

It’s a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can’t stop playing the game the way you’ve always played it.

I don’t know what drives me to succeed.

Stay active. Read the Word. Worship with other believers. Continue to give. Keep learning and growing. Your faith will be unleashed!

The battle is all over except the ‚shouting‘ when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.

No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

I always had faith in my creative capacity.

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.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

People should not make me out to be like Jesus; I don’t walk on water.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you’re changing, emotionally as well as physically?

Partition is bad. But whatever is past is past. We have only to look to the future.

She never envisioned a legal career for me, but she did think it was very important that I be able to support myself, and I think she would be pleased to see what has become of me.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That’s not a guess, it’s a guarantee. With pride, it’s not a matter of ‚if‘ we will fall, but ‚when.‘ There are no exceptions.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom, for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

My dad seemed comfortable with his decision to be a ‚have-not,‘ but I knew that I wasn’t.

In my case Pilgrim’s Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.

There’s a part of you – the born-again part, your spirit – that’s dead to sin. That’s why it bothers you now when you sin. The ‚wilderness‘ part of you – your soul – is your unrenewed mind, out-of-control emotions, and stubborn will.

Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.

A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

One of my direct subordinates, one of my guys that worked for me, he would call me up or pull me aside with some major problem, some issue that was going on. And he’d say, ‚Boss, we’ve got this, and that, and the other thing.‘ And I’d look at him and I’d say, ‚Good.‘

People don’t usually compliment your character.

I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don’t say that disrespectfully, but they’ve been shown a God that you can’t measure up to.

You always have to remember that if you say something negative, it’s going to come back to haunt you.

Every time I think that I’m getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Being happy is a matter of personal taste.

Fear is exciting for me.

I’ve learned people are watching, so don’t do nothing stupid.

Whenever you’re going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are all spiritual qualities that will help you to align yourself with God and God consciousness rather than with a split fear-based consciousness.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

We are wiser than we know.

The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.

Where fear is, happiness is not.

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.

You’re just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You’ve got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It’s all down to you, mate.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

Forty is when you actually begin even deserving to be on stage telling people what you think.

Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.

Our problem right now is that we’re so specialized that if the lights go out, there are a huge number of people who are not going to know what to do. But within every dystopia there’s a little utopia.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.