I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.

The one thing that I keep learning over and over again is that I don’t know nothing. I mean, that’s my life lesson.

In reality, there is, perhaps, no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride.

Few people realize that luck is created.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

Begin with the end in mind.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

My biggest skill is common sense. I understand life.

Coaching wouldn’t be for me. No, certainly not.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

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

Everybody wants to be me. What can I say?

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if he allows himself to become unaccustomed to tending even his own person, which is his most treasured belonging?

You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

If I can be a leader, I will.

True nobility is exempt from fear.

Freedom conceives that the mind and spirit of man can be free only if he be free to pattern his own life, to develop his own talents, free to earn, to spend, to save, to acquire property as the security of his old age and his family.

There are many things I do where the centre of it is… It’s almost more my humanitarian work than art.

Joanne‘ is a progression for me. It was about going into the studio and forgetting that I was famous.

The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don’t mean doubt of his powers or hesitation in speaking his opinion, but merely an understanding of the relationship of what he can say and what he can do.

I have wasted my hours.

I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.

She was not quite what you would call refined. She was not quite what you would call unrefined. She was the kind of person that keeps a parrot.

It’s really fun to put yourself into a character – into shoes you wouldn’t normally be in.

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

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Revenge, lust, ambition, pride, and self-will are too often exalted as the gods of man’s idolatry; while holiness, peace, contentment, and humility are viewed as unworthy of a serious thought.

People have this capacity within them to set the world straight.

People who pity themselves think, ‚Why would I try to do anything? I’ll just fail.‘

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.

I want to appeal to everyone. Because I’m not saying I’m the best, but we the best.

Each of us has a vision of good and of evil. We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is good… Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. That would be enough to make the world a better place.

Getting stress out of your life takes more than prayer alone. You must take action to make changes and stop doing whatever is causing the stress. You can learn to calm down in the way you handle things.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

I didn’t want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that’s a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I’m proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it.

Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.

Think and grow rich.

It’s not fun to get out of bed early in the morning. When the alarm goes off, it doesn’t sing you a song: it hits you in the head with a baseball bat. So how do you respond to that? Do you crawl underneath your covers and hide? Or do you get up, get aggressive, and attack the day?

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.

I resolved to stop accumulating and begin the infinitely more serious and difficult task of wise distribution.