I always put myself out there. I’m not afraid to commit to something.

Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

I don’t think about that. I wasn’t a kid growing up saying one day I’ll get an Oscar and make a speech. That wasn’t on my mind. So what I do is the best work I can do.

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.

Egos are never nice. I have been a victim of it a lot of times in my career. Whenever I have used it, I have failed.

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.

I’m totally myself.

When your higher self is present, it always promotes peace.

People always say when they meet me that I’m not what they expect. I assume they think I’m this super dark and depressing guy, but I like to channel all of those emotions into my work.

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.

When you are young you tend to do so many things that are not needed. When you get experience, you know what exactly what works for you and you tend to do things that you want.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

Knowledge cultivates your seeds and does not sow in your seeds.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still.

I haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

I used to have insecurity about my finances, then I announced that I had debt, and now I don’t have any insecurities.

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

I think it’s a very good thing to leave your country and look at it from afar.

I have learned that as long as I hold fast to my beliefs and values – and follow my own moral compass – then the only expectations I need to live up to are my own.

I’m not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices. It’s really not my place.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

I tend to feel if people say they’re going to do something, they will, if given the chance.

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.

I want to do a certain thing in the world, and I am going to do it with unwavering concentration. I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

The thing most people don’t pick up when they become an entrepreneur is that it never ends. It’s 24/7.

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

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.

Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.

What interests me in life is curiosity, challenges, the good fight with its victories and defeats.

The best way out is always through.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

When I get married, it’ll be no secret.

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.

You can never really live anyone else’s life, not even your child’s. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you’ve become yourself.

I’m not trying to follow a set of rules and stuff. I’m just living my life.

I’m inconsistent, even to myself.

As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us.

If the other person injures you, you may forget the injury; but if you injure him you will always remember.

For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.

Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can’t stop marching. Even when they’re turning the hoses on you, you can’t stop.

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

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

I’ve never dropped anyone I believed in.

The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.

We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

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.

The one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you’re criticizing God.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

I’ve been reckless, but I’m not a rebel without a cause.