I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

There’s a reason that I have confidence out there, and it’s about how I prepare for games and for series and seasons and whatnot, so we’ve got to stick with that kind of thought process.

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

The risk for me would be in not taking one – that’s the only thing that’s really risky for me.

Marriage is the death of hope.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.

It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put – without delay, and with tenderness – back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try.

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

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

The devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don’t live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow.

I thought one should have the attitude of ‚What do you care what other people think!‘

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

I get nervous when I don’t get nervous. If I’m nervous I know I’m going to have a good show.

Get busy living, or get busy dying.

A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

We are what we believe we are.

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

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

You’ll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

As a bull market turns into a bear market, the new pros turn into optimists, hoping and praying the bear market will become a bull and save them. But as the market remains bearish, the optimists become pessimists, quit the profession, and return to their day jobs. This is when the real professional investors re-enter the market.

Older people sit down and ask, ‚What is it?‘ but the boy asks, ‚What can I do with it?‘.

Don’t just let the devil use your mind as a garbage dump.

Indians felt despondent about Indian governance. Changing that atmosphere of gloom was a very challenging task, and I faced many difficulties in rectifying the situation and bringing back confidence and hope.

I have always held firmly to the thought that each one of us can do a little to bring some portion of misery to an end.

A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

Most of us have hoped and prayed for something to happen a certain way, but it didn’t. And when this happened, we had a choice to make: to react with offense toward God or to trust Him anyway.

What is common sense isn’t common practice.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.

When you think of the exponential speed and scale of expansion of social media or a service, you have to believe that it is equally possible to rapidly transform the lives of those who have long stood on the margins of hope.

Is everything funny? For me, yes. There’s a positive to every negative. Even my divorce? For me, yes. If you go back and look at it, why it happened or how it happened, there’s something in there that’ll make you laugh.

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.

The Bible says that as Christians we don’t grieve the same way people do who have no hope of eternity and of Heaven – but we still grieve.

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged – ‚There’s nothing good in my future‘ – I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there’s an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

It is not like I have gone crazy, I just don’t want to take any chances. You never know what could happen.

I don’t know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope. Causing people to have better relationships. I’m not leading them to some false God or something like that.

I don’t really focus on these things – on what tags are given to me or what people think of me off the field – stuff like that. My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think, ‚What a waste of energy.‘ If people want to believe in this god or that god, that’s fine by me; believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

I was set free because my greatest fear had been realized, and I still had a daughter who I adored, and I had an old typewriter and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.

I don’t think anything about a personal legacy. I mean, those words would never come out of my mouth unless I just repeated them. Those things have never been important to me.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

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

Some people feel that the world owes them a living.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

I don’t know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.

I’m here to spread a message of hope. Follow your heart. Don’t follow what you’ve been told you’re supposed to do.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.

The idea of going to school and getting a job is the most destructive one in your brain.

All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work.

Happiness is within the reach of everyone, rich or poor. Yet comparatively few people are happy. I believe the reason for this is that the majority don’t recognize happiness even when it is within their grasp.

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.

Thanks to my reading, I have never been caught flat-footed by any situation, never at a loss for how any problem has been addressed… It doesn’t give me all the answers, but it lights what is often a dark path ahead.

Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one.

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.