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

Feels good to try, but playing a father, I’m getting a little older. I see now that I’m taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle.

You’re not going to scare me into being somebody I don’t want to be.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Even the securest financial plan and the finest health coverage aren’t enough to hold us steady when the challenges come… We need something more, something deeper and unshakeable, something that will see us through life’s hard times.

Getting out of bed is like the foundation of the discipline, and I think it carries over into everything else.

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values – that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.

Don’t feel sorry for me.

I’m giving all that I have in this life. I’m opening up my notebook, and I’m saying everything in there out loud.

I’m reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose.

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

What’s really hard is that you could care a lot for someone and not want to live with him anymore.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions that you can possibly delve into.

One must steer, not talk.

Observe all men, thyself most.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.

I already am a product.

The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one’s key to the experience of others.

Things won’t get better dwelling on the past. Accept what has happened. Then move forward.

Never find fault with the absent.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.

I’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

Have you not learned that strength comes to an ordinary soul when given an extraordinary calling?

Your Highest Self only wants you to be at peace. It does not judge, compare, or demand that you defeat anyone or be better than anyone.

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.

You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

I’m not going to change the world. You’re not going to change the world. But we can help – we can all help.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

I sometimes have a tendency to walk on the dark side.

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.

I’m afraid to fail again.

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

Without forgiveness, there’s no future.

Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who’s only texting you back three words. I’ve learned that from trying to figure out people who don’t deserve to be figured out.

We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.

I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

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

If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do In His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing.

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.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it’s about earning approval and acceptance.

I have trouble with letting go. That’s my problem.

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

Some days I totally appreciate everything that’s happening to me, and some days I feel everyone’s waiting for me to mess up.

What a wee little part of a person’s life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.

I’ve experienced great things, I’ve experienced great tragedies. I’ve done almost everything I could possibly ever imagine doing, but I just know that there’s more.

You’ve got to invest in the world, you’ve got to read, you’ve got to go to art galleries, you’ve got to find out the names of plants. You’ve got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We’re amazing people.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

Competition is a sin.

When I was making the early stuff, I never expected it to be so big. I was in my own kind of bubble. I never wanted to tour; I just wanted to create music and make a diary I could put out into the world. And sometimes, I became the characters.