I grew up cursing a lot.

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we’re living our lives in a very comfortable area. There’s no growth in that.

Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.

Be a player; don’t play yourself. And don’t play basketball. That’s not your sport, Jeb Bush.

To create something you must be something.

I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

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

Syllables govern the world.

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

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

I’ve never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.

People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature.

In a certain way, it’s the sound of the words, the inflection and the way the song is sung and the way it fits the melody and the way the syllables are on the tongue that has as much of the meaning as the actual, literal words.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

When written in Chinese, the word ‚crisis‘ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

I will meet my countrymen. I understand only one language: that they are my countrymen, they are my brothers. You may see with whatever colour you want; Modi will not go into that colour.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

I give opinions, not advice.

Everything is generated through your own will power.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others.

I just think it’s so important not to take yourself too seriously.

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline.

Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.

Be careless in your dress if you must, but keep a tidy soul.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

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

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

Even when you’re 50, you can make the effort to improve your standards.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.

I myself would like to become more disciplined within my work.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

I’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.

Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your goals.

The doer alone learneth.

Poetry is what gets lost in translation.

Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience.

A lot of stuff I do out of pure obsessiveness.

As an example to others, and not that I care for moderation myself, it has always been my rule never to smoke when asleep, and never to refrain from smoking when awake.

I don’t believe in honors – it bothers me. Honors bother: honors is epaulettes; honors is uniforms. My papa brought me up this way.

I don’t see myself as ever being like anybody else.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.

Every device there is in language is there to be used, if you will. Poets have got to enjoy themselves sometimes, and the twistings and convolutions of words, the inventions and contrivances, are all part of the joy that is part of the painful, voluntary work.

If a child from an Amazonian hunter-gatherer tribe comes to Boston, is raised in Boston, that child will be indistinguishable in language capacities from my children growing up here, and vice versa.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives.

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

I come from Detroit where it’s rough and I’m not a smooth talker.

You’re not a product of your nature. That is your genetic makeup or your nurture, the things that have happened to you. Of course those things affect you powerfully, but they do not determine you.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.