Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin‘, but I felt like a fighter comin‘ up, man. I felt like, you know, I’m being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.

The more successful I become, the more I need a man.

If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.

I put Catholic guilt to work pretty good for a rich rock star.

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

I don’t tell people, ‚You’re okay the way that you are.‘ That’s not the right story. The right story is, ‚You’re way less than you could be.‘

If 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.

I just get annoyed at myself. A lot of swearing goes on generally when I am driving.

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

Don’t be humble… you’re not that great.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That’s what I’ve done.

If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.

Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.

Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.

Coaching wouldn’t be for me. No, certainly not.

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

I think it’s quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you’ve got another reason for keeping fit.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

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

A fit body gives you confidence. And there’s nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you’ll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends… Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that ‚a quiet conscience makes one strong!‘

Life well spent is long.

Remind yourself that the greatest technique for bringing peace into your life is to always choose being kind when you have a choice between being right or being kind.

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

I can never be safe; I always try and go against the grain. As soon as I accomplish one thing, I just set a higher goal. That’s how I’ve gotten to where I am.

Little things affect little minds.

Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.

I feel like I have a job to do, like I constantly have to reinvent myself. The more I up the ante for myself, the better it is in the long run. I try to interact with my fans as much as possible. It’s good that the person I’m being onstage isn’t really an act. It’s really me.

If you deserve it, go get it.

Just as we develop our physical muscles through overcoming opposition – such as lifting weights – we develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and adversity.

Never complain. Never explain.

I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God’s Word that showed me I wasn’t living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood.

Find people who will make you better.

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

I knew I wasn’t going to be a rocket scientist – let’s not be fools – but I wasn’t going to be a bum.

To try to become happy is to try to build a machine with no other specifications than it shall run noiselessly.

Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.

One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it’s fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

You pity the fool because you don’t want to beat up a fool! You know, pity is between sorry and mercy. See, if you pity him, you know, you won’t have to beat him up. So that’s why I say fools, you gotta give another chance because they don’t know no better. That’s why I pity them!

What I want for my fans and for the world, for anyone who feels pain, is to lean into that pain and embrace it as much as they can and begin the healing process.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, ‚I’m not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven or on earth.‘ Timidity keeps people from their good. They are afraid to say, ‚Yes, I deserve it.‘

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures – be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

I’ve read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I’ve read because he is, like, a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I’m not a big reader.

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.