Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.

The best is the enemy of the good.

I feel confident imposing change on myself. It’s a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That’s why I need to throw curve balls.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn’t.

Life is a matter of really tough choices.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

I was inspired to spend an entire year – my 65th year – reading, researching, and meditating on Lao-tzu’s messages, practicing them and ultimately writing down these insights as I felt Lao-tzu wanted us to know them.

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.

We’ve got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can’t just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it’s going to get on by itself. You’ve got to keep watering it. You’ve got to really look after it and nurture it.

No driver is perfect.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

My moms always told me, ‚How long you gonna play the victim?‘ I can say I’m mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.

People have been fed this diet of pabulum, rights, and impulsive freedom. There’s just an absolute starvation for the other side of the story.

I want people to draw strength from me.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence… on pain of liquidation.

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

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

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know – and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance.

I spent most of the early years of my walk with God focused on what was wrong with me. Most of us probably do that, hoping to change ourselves.

The Israelites‘ slavery in Egypt is the equivalent of our slavery to sin. God sent Moses to deliver them from bondage, and He sent Jesus Christ to set us free.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‚to do‘ list.

I haven’t changed at all. I’m the same as when I was 11.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

From my perspective, I absolutely believe in a greater spiritual power, far greater than I am, from which I have derived strength in moments of sadness or fear. That’s what I believe, and it was very, very strong in the forest.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.

I don’t try to control my days.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

Learn to say ‚no‘ to the good so you can say ‚yes‘ to the best.

Unwearied ceaseless effort is the price that must be paid for turning faith into a rich infallible experience.

I think that when you’re making your way up in the music industry, you have all these heroes and the reasons why they are your heroes. As soon as you get into the industry, your guidelines change a little bit. For me, my heroes now are great people first and great artists second.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.

The distinguishing sign of slavery is to have a price, and to be bought for it.

I’ve done the bad-boy thing. It was fun for a good three months. But the thing about bad boys is, you have to keep in mind, you’re never gonna marry a bad boy.

We all have done something unethical.

God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you’re solid, and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you.

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government – that is despotism.

I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.

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.

I give opinions, not advice.

I wish I could say to all those people who consider themselves anarchists or radicals: Please join the nonviolent movement. This is how Gandhi freed India. If Gandhi freed India, we can certainly free the United States from our racism, misogyny, and bigotry.

Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you’re feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success.

I’m not perfect.

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.

That nice, soft pillow and the warm blanket, and it’s all comfortable, and no one wants to leave that comfort – but if you can wake up early in the morning, get a head start on everyone else that’s still sleeping, get productive time doing things that you need to do – that’s a huge piece to moving your life forward.

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