I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.

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

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

I’m not a serious person, and I don’t like serious people.

When I was 18, I thought that, to be a romantic, you couldn’t live past 30.

Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you.

Life would be tragic if it weren’t funny.

Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don’t do any good, but they don’t necessarily do any harm. It’s touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I’ve got my just desserts.

If investments in banks fall, it is a tragedy, and people say, ‚What are we going to do?‘ but if people die of hunger, have nothing to eat or suffer from poor health, that’s nothing.

You will always have partial points of view, and you’ll always have the story behind the story that hasn’t come out yet. And any form of journalism you’re involved with is going to be up against a biased viewpoint and partial knowledge.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

I’m a Silicon Valley guy. I just think people from Silicon Valley can do anything.

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

He who is contented is rich.

Life is our dictionary.

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

Quitting doesn’t enter my mind.

I always was a Christian… whatsoever a man thinks in his heart is who he is.

If you would judge, understand.

If your only goal is to become rich, you will never achieve it.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what’s evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We’re less sure about what is good. There’s sort of good, good enough, could be better – but absolute good is a little harder to define.

The future will be better tomorrow.

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

Whatever role I play is a positive role; it’s a strong role. Never negative.

When one’s expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.

If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.

I think everyone should approach relationships from the perspective of playing it straight and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. Until he establishes that this is a game. And if it’s a game, you need to win. The best thing to do is just walk away from the table.

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

It’s not ‚can‘; it’s ‚will.‘ You have to will things into fruition.

You’ll see it when you believe it.

If it’s a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.

You can’t have everything. Where would you put it?

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

You can become blind by seeing each day as a similar one. Each day is a different one, each day brings a miracle of its own. It’s just a matter of paying attention to this miracle.

It put our energies to sleep and made visionaries of us – dreamers and indolent… It is good to begin life poor; it is good to begin life rich – these are wholesome; but to begin it prospectively rich! The man who has not experienced it cannot imagine the curse of it.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.

In a magazine, one can get – from cover to cover – 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

To be honest, I think kids have got a lot more going on than adults. They’ve got their heads screwed on a lot better.

It’s possible – you can never know – that the universe exists only for me. If so, it’s sure going well for me, I must admit.

I hate all sports as rabidly as a person who likes sports hates common sense.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

He who looks the higher is the more highly distinguished, and turning over the great book of nature (which is the proper object of philosophy) is the way to elevate one’s gaze.

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me ‚understand‘ something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

The way up and the way down are one and the same.

I think the word rich is all relative.

I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it’s going to rain, it will.

I think, in politics, half the people are gonna like you, and half the people are not gonna like you, no matter what you do or what you say… It’s like there are no right answers. If there were, everyone would choose the right answers. They’re all opinions.

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