I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.

When you play sports like tennis, you’re alone, and that’s a good school for life, but it’s also a good school for life to bring your best and make those around you better, too – helping others in difficult moments.

Take the complications, rules, shoulds, musts, have tos, and so on out of your life. By uncomplicating your life and removing the trivial pursuits that occupy so much of it, you open a channel for the genius within you to emerge.

I’m not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

I shall never believe that God plays dice with the world.

Find joy and solace in the simple, and cultivate your utopia by feeling the Tao in every cubic inch of space.

You may think it was a very little thing, and in these days it seems to me like a trifle, but it was a most important incident in my life. I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy, had earned a dollar in less than a day; that by honest work, I had earned a dollar. I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

So much of what we do every single day is the result of habits that we have formed over time.

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.

I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active.

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion – it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ.

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

I say, don’t try to fight your own battles because God will do it.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

I’m not the most patient of people.

How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

I was always taught not to answer no questions. I’m not really good at answering them because I get agitated so fast.

Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.

God just has a way of working things out the way he wants to and you have no say in that.

We will be more successful in all our endeavors if we can let go of the habit of running all the time, and take little pauses to relax and re-center ourselves. And we’ll also have a lot more joy in living.

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.

Saints need sinners.

Every day is a gift from God, no matter how old we are.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

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.

I love getting out of my comfort zone.

Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.

One thing I just want to say to the military families – while you might not wear a uniform, I know – we all know, the nation knows – that you serve and sacrifice right alongside of your loved ones. And we are so grateful and proud of all of you for your service to this nation.

I’ve never responded well to entrenched negative thinking.

It creeps me out sometimes to think of the person I was. I was a terrible person. I was mean to people.

Humility may well be one of the most difficult of the fruit of the Spirit to be cultivated in us – and to maintain. That’s because without humility, it’s not likely that you will put your complete trust in God.

Sometimes I try to just sit at home and do something calmer and simpler and just be in my life. You know, not trying to solve a lot of things at once.

You know, God will give favor to anyone who will believe Him. Every day you should confess that you have favor everywhere you go. God will begin to open doors that you wouldn’t believe.

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

Working with our military community has been the biggest honor of my life.

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

I give infinite thanks to God, who has been pleased to make me the first observer of marvelous things.

If we are hungry enough for God, we will find a way into His presence. We should be so hungry for the presence of God that we absolutely will not go out of our house or tackle any kind of project until we have spent some time with Him.

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

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

The revealed Word awakened me, but it was the preached Word that saved me, and I must ever attach peculiar value to the hearing of the truth, for by it I received the joy and peace in which my soul delights.

When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, ‚What sign do I want to give to God?‘ That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear.

I’m grateful to intelligent people. That doesn’t mean educated. That doesn’t mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call ‚mother wit‘ means intelligence that you had in your mother’s womb. That’s what you rely on. You know what’s right to do.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

When your soul is resting, your emotions are okay, your mind is okay, and your will is at peace with God, not resisting what He’s doing.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

It’s lack of faith that makes people afraid of meeting challenges, and I believed in myself.

One Buddha is not enough; we need to have many Buddhas.

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

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.

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.

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.

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.