I like to complain and do nothing to make things better.

Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you’re changing, emotionally as well as physically?

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Humility is not something that comes naturally. But it is a cardinal virtue that should be pursued more than any other.

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and everyone who humbles himself will be exalted.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

Freedom is what everyone wants – to be able to act and live with freedom. But the only way to get to a place of freedom is through discipline.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

I don’t let even a day go by wherein I don’t give at 100 per cent.

I’ve learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it.

Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.

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

My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

I am a good listener. I think that came from my schooling.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

I tell people, and it’s the truth, I could sit in my garage for a week and it won’t make me a car. And you can sit in church till your bottom is flat and that won’t make you a servant of Christ.

Don’t let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don’t whine. You can be brought low, that’s OK, but don’t be reduced by them. Just say, ‚That’s life.‘

It’s easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it’s easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people’s choices. If I feel good about my body, I don’t go around making fun of other people’s weight or appearance. We’re hard on each other because we’re using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.

You don’t want to pigeonhole yourself.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.

I think a role model is a mentor – someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

There are a lot of ‚chicken Christians.‘ Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when a storm comes, all they seem to do is flap around the chicken yard, stirring up dirt and running to the chicken house.

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.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

Never find fault with the absent.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Character is power.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in a similar state of shock.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

People like to blame others. I think a person should just look at their own situation, look around them, find out what they wish to do, and seek and go and do that. And that’s it.

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

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.

The question is not, ‚Do you have a problem?‘ The question is, ‚Does the problem have you?‘

It’s really hard to guarantee things in life. I guarantee if you get up in the morning and you work out, and you work hard, you will have a better day – 100% guaranteed.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.

You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.

Jealousy… is a mental cancer.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

If you have the ability to pick yourself up by the bootstraps and start over, you come out stronger because you learn from whatever mistakes you made.

I just have always felt that people don’t change, circumstances change.