I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.

Never let yesterday use up too much of today.

I do have motivation. A lot of motivation.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

There are going to be things I’m not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.

Men must know their limitations.

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

I think the great part about what I do is that there’s a scoreboard. At the end of every week, you know how you did. You know how well you prepared. You know whether you executed your game plan. There’s a tangible score.

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn’t matter. I’m not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for.

If I am no longer disturbed myself, I will deal less with disturbed people, but I don’t regret having concerned myself with them because I think most of us are disturbed.

A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

I know that I’m not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don’t know how not to.

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

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.

Well I think a lot of times we’re putting things off and I’m going to do it later. I’m going to break this bad habit or I’m going to pursue this dream or I’m going to treat my spouse better.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I’ve already made them.

I don’t think there’s anyone who would say they don’t want or need more of God’s power in their life.

Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it’s happening.

I think I could go away tomorrow. I’ve already accomplished something. It’s such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

Don’t bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don’t feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that’s you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don’t really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

I didn’t know how to deal with success. If there was a Rock Star 101, I would have liked to take it. It might have helped me.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction.

Well, in order for me to be successful… In order to be a great artist – musician, actor, painter, whatever – you must be able to be private in public at all times.

I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.

People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going to do it anymore.

Your daily life is your temple and your religion. When you enter into it take with you your all.

Once you start doing only what you’ve already proven you can do, you’re on the road to death.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

Overall there’s going to be things I’m not great at.

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn’t much. But the things that I’m really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I’m not successful, what do I have?

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

If I’d had good discipline, I might have gone into music.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

No one gossips about other people’s secret virtues.

Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you’re a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.

The reason I became 297 pounds is because that was comfortable. What was very uncomfortable was running. What was very uncomfortable was being on a diet. What was very uncomfortable was trying to face things that I didn’t want to face. And I also realized, when I was really big, I had no growth. Why? Because I was living comfortable.

The truth is something that burns. It burns off dead wood. And people don’t like having the dead wood burnt off, often because they’re 95 percent dead wood.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it’s a shield.

No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it’s government or nonprofit or profit. Ask yourself the more important question: Is my mission improving the world? Are you sure about it? Seek to disconfirm that all the time. And if you can, change your mission.