God didn’t make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.

Honestly, I always believed in myself. For real, for real.

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

I don’t really regard myself as a political figure.

The best part about being in your thirties is you know what works for you.

If you keep proving stuff that others have done, getting confidence, increasing the complexities of your solutions – for the fun of it – then one day you’ll turn around and discover that nobody actually did that one!

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

The reason I talk to myself is that I’m the only one whose answers I accept.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

Only the insecure strive for security.

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.

There is a lot of pressure put on me, but I don’t put a lot of pressure on myself. I feel if I play my game, it will take care of itself.

I’m considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I’ve never been bored in my life.

Never fret for an only son, the idea of failure will never occur to him.

I tend to get bored quickly, which means I must be boring.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

I didn’t like the way I looked in pictures – when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, ‚Eesh.‘

We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.

I have never given adoration to any body except myself.

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

Seeing myself on the screen makes me cringe. I understand that I am that way – pouty.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

Whether I’m wearing lots of makeup or no makeup, I’m always the same person inside.

We are all special cases.

You’re imperfect, and you’re wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

I can move any crowd.

Whatever I am, it’s natural… I don’t have to pretend to be aggressive, don’t have to show the opposition that I am on the field. Being aggressive comes naturally to me, helps me perform.

What is true belongs to me!

The post of honour is a private station.

I don’t look at myself as a commodity, but I’m sure a lot of people have.

The hardest thing for – not only an artist but for anybody to do is look themselves in the mirror and acknowledge, you know, their own flaws and fears and imperfections and put them out there in the open for people to relate to it.

I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.

So when I speak in front of thousands, tens of thousands of people, I don’t really get nervous because I know what I want to say and I know what message I want to give.

When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

I do not see myself as a celebrity or an icon or things like that… I have not really done anything.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‚em, ‚Certainly I can!‘ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people’s minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

If you wished to be loved, love.

Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Over the holidays, and even during filming, I realized that I actually like my body, even if it’s not perfect according to the book. I just feel sexy. For the first time, I don’t want to get rid of the curves. I just want to tone it up. My body is comfortable, and it’s not unhealthy, so I’m going to rock with it.

You have enough people against you… be for yourself.

You’re not better than anybody else, but you’re not less than anybody else. You’re a child of the Most High God.

I’m fat, but I’m thin inside… there’s a thin man inside every fat man.

I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.

I am not saying I am the best manager in the world. But I’m quite good.

Lots of songs aren’t even from my experiences, but they’re about accepting… the dark things about yourself.

If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.

My philosophy is it’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

Magic has five championships. I have five championships. I’m pretty sure we both know what we’re doing.

I don’t believe in doing things to manufacture my body to appeal to what I think people might like.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

Fashion is that thing that saved me from being sad.

I don’t see that my majority opinions are going to be undone.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn’t, then why would you say I am.

What really matters is how God sees me. He isn’t concerned with labels; he is concerned about the state of man’s soul.

I always try to be myself. Ever since I was an introverted kid, I’d get on stage and be able to break out of my shell.