He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

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

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.

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

Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.

My work is the only ground I’ve ever had to stand on. To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation, but I’m working on the foundation.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.

My goal is to entertain myself and others.

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

The doer alone learneth.

It’s a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.

I’ve stopped drinking, but only while I’m asleep.

Don’t talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I’m for anything life-affirmative. I’m for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who’s different.

Never mistake motion for action.

Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I’m trying to say is I’m trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.

The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did – which was to hide.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

When you seek the presence of your creative Spirit and are filled with passion about virtually everything you undertake, you’ll successfully remove the roadblocks from your life and enjoy the active presence of Spirit.

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

If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

I’m not one icon. I’m every icon. I’m an icon that is made out of all the colors on the palette at every time. I have no restrictions. No restrictions.

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

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

How one life turns out is not dependent on what people do to us or what they don’t do for us.

We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.

Never complain. Never explain.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

I’m really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy.

If you were the President of the United States or the Queen of England – you couldn’t have a person who would be more protective than my mother was for me. Which meant really that I could dare to do all sorts of things.

I look at myself like a show dog. I’ve got to keep her clipped and trimmed and in good shape.

Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.

It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

A friend doesn’t go on a diet because you are fat.

I’d rather be a victor than a victim.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

If you’ve got a talent, protect it.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

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

Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don’t learn to submit to authority, we won’t ever learn to submit to God.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.

Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

You have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity.

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

I think a lot of people love to convolute what everyone else does in order to disempower women.

Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.