I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Friends… they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.

If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.

Between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four, I must have read a whole library.

Well look, I mean, I think that prayer and holy water, and things like that are all fine. They don’t do any good, but they don’t necessarily do any harm. It’s touching to be thought of in that way. It makes up for those who tell me that I’ve got my just desserts.

The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

It is easier to be critical than correct.

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

It is only when we forget all our learning that we begin to know.

I have a personal ambition to live my life honestly and honor the true love that I’ve had and also the people I’ve had around me.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Giving is true having.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

Love is the flower you’ve got to let grow.

It’s like a muscle – if you stop going to the gym or stop running, you get weak. The military teaches you these great values, but we don’t keep up the discipline on our own, and we lose it. So wherever you go, keep that discipline up.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

The good man is the friend of all living things.

No one has ever become poor by giving.

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.

I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay – and rise!

Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.

I have the Midas touch, in the way that when I hook up with a project, I feel, not speaking cocky or conceited, but there’s a confidence I have. I learned that from Muhammad Ali; I used to bodyguard him. He taught me about confidence. So when it comes to any job I work, I’m gonna do it good; I’m going to bring it over the top.

It is better to do one’s own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

Deficiency motivation doesn’t work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.

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

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.

In my entire life, any time I’ve ever lost something, I’ve gotten something even better going around the next corner. It’s like one door closes and another door opens. As long as I can walk through the produce section in every grocery store in this country and eat the grapes that they’re going to throw away, I know I can be fine.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

Those move easiest who have learn’d to dance.

I am absolutely my own biggest critic.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.

I’m intimidated by the fear of being average.

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.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

The more successful I become, the more I need a man.

A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.

I think everyone should experience defeat at least once during their career. You learn a lot from it.

However great may be the work for which we are responsible, we will always do well if we pause to spend time in sacred praise.

One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

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

Get mad, then get over it.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

Never confuse motion with action.

A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you and were helped by you will remember you when forget-me-nots have withered. Carve your name on hearts, not on marble.

I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.

There can never be any stop to learn about different cultures by travelling to different places. And whatever comes your way, continue the healthy eating habits.