I have had some cosmetic surgery, especially after I lost weight and stuff, and I’ve had my breasts lifted – but not injected. That would scare me to death, anyway.

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

It’s very difficult to regulate yourself, and if you learn to do that, well, it starts to spill over.

Much of your pain is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

Ego is only fine when it is working for your motivation.

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

While we are postponing, life speeds by.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

I will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

I’m not really book-smart.

Forty is when you actually begin even deserving to be on stage telling people what you think.

You’ve got to learn to survive a defeat. That’s when you develop character.

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.

If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

I haven’t been faithful to my own advice in the past. I will in the future.

Education is what you learn after you leave school.

I knew ‚Crenshaw‘ had elevated me and distinguished me.

To me, constructive criticism is when people take ownership of their ideas. That’s why I don’t listen to anything that’s anonymous. But it’s hard; when there’s something hurtful out there, I still want to read it over and over and memorize it and explain my point of view to the person.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

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.

One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it’s fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

If every day you practice walking and sitting meditation and generate the energy of mindfulness and concentration and peace, you are a cell in the body of the new Buddha. This is not a dream but is possible today and tomorrow.

Adopt responsibility for your own well-being, try to put your family together, try to serve your community, try to seek for eternal truth… That’s the sort of thing that can ground you in your life, enough so that you can withstand the difficulty of life.

Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.

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

It’s so easy to settle for less than God’s best for us because we don’t always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God’s will.

I don’t believe in ‚thinking‘ old. Although I’ve transitioned through many bodies – a baby, toddler, child, teen, young adult, mid-life and older adult – my spirit is unchanged. I support my body with exercise, my mind with reading and writing, and my spirit with the knowing that I am part of the Divine source of all 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.

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that’s fine. But even if you don’t quote-unquote make it, you’re fine if you’ve given it your whole heart and soul.

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.

Wanting to feel good is synonymous with wanting to feel God.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

It’s more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I’m naive, where I’m a novice.

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

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

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

And we are never too old to study the Bible. Each time the lessons are studied comes some new meaning, some new thought which will make us better.

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

There are no second acts in American lives.

Things do not change; we change.

The book you don’t read won’t help.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

For a long time, I had the idea that I would do a certain amount of work the best I could, and then I would reach a comfort zone, and I wouldn’t be pushed to write more. I would become a different person. It’s a surprise to me that this hasn’t happened. Your body ages, but your mind is the same.