I don’t let even a day go by wherein I don’t give at 100 per cent.

I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him, he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

As president, I’m committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.

It is a hard thing to let go of mistakes we’ve made and sins. God wants us to do that because He knows the guilt and the condemnation will keep us from becoming who He has created us to be.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

Pessimism never won any battle.

Get mad, then get over it.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

I criticize by creation – not by finding fault.

I’ve always believed in God. I also think that’s the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you’re in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement.

Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don’t live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

It’s not an easy course. It’s not designed to be. We’re not here to get you in touch with your inner child.

I’m not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night’s date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn’t think of looking at another woman.

Everybody has a purpose.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he’ll never stop to trouble about whether he’s happy or not.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

I don’t know driving in another way which isn’t risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other’s.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

As a kid, I used to see how Sachin Tendulkar used to win matches under pressure for India in Sharjah or other places. So I was always keen to repeat the same in similar situations. I don’t take pressure on myself when I am in the middle. I love pressure, and I always believe that pressure makes you more focused.

No untroubled day has ever dawned for me.

I’m not a bad person.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn’t feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.

The mind of a 19-year-old is very different from the mind of a 26-year-old. You grow. You get into better relationships. You experience more, meet more people, better people. But when you’re in a dark hole at an earlier point in your life – you write about the mindset you’re in at that moment.

I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.

A career is born in public – talent in privacy.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

I’ve always done whatever I want and always been exactly who I am.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.

It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.

If you continue to keep low performers on your team, that are actually dragging the team down; you’re failing the whole team, and eventually, the whole team is going to fail.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.

We have a great group of guys that really sacrifice every night, care about each other, and try to play the right away.

Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

I hate what I look like on TV, and I want to look better, and nothing makes the mothers more jealous.

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

Be not a slave of words.

In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.

I wanted to get a job being creative, and I did.

I believe in the dignity of labor, whether with head or hand; that the world owes no man a living but that it owes every man an opportunity to make a living.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.

If you lose a big fight, it will worry you all of your life. It will plague you – until you get your revenge.

I cry so much less than I used to. I used to be one of the most teary people.