I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I’m working on the foundation.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

The best measure of a man’s honesty isn’t his income tax return. It’s the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

As we know, while our species remains alive, everybody has the sacred duty to be optimistic. Ethically, any other behaviour wouldn’t be admissible.

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

I don’t feel too much pressure. I only see an opportunity.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Always have something beautiful in sight, even if it’s just a daisy in a jelly glass.

Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

I need music. It’s like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what’s going on – bad games, press, whatever!

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

I’m a woman, and anytime you tell a woman that she looks nice, it’s not going to upset her.

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.

I have practically no private life. I’m already used to this and ready for it. Yes, sometimes it is hard, but it is the choice I made.

If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck before his soul.

I have made a few mistakes early on that I admit myself, and there have been times when I have gone over the top and done things that you shouldn’t do in international cricket, but that’s how you learn.

Had I been a great athlete, I’m not sure I would have even gone into coaching. I may have turned out feeling that my life ended when my athletic career ended, as happens so many times with various athletes.

I want you to be everything that’s you, deep at the center of your being.

Goodness is the only investment that never fails.

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.

An overflow of good converts to bad.

I just think it’s so important not to take yourself too seriously.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

I don’t mind telling a dark side.

What a liberation to realize that the ‚voice in my head‘ is not who I am. ‚Who am I, then?‘ The one who sees that.

Pride deafens us to the advice or warnings of those around us.

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.

I think the tiniest little thing can change the course of your day, which can change the course of your year, which can change who you are.

Fear is stupid. So are regrets.

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

I’ve been blessed to be somebody that’s been climbing that success mountain top for years of hard work, you know, but now it’s all connecting. And now, the whole world is watching, you know what I’m saying, and it feels good ‚cause it’s good energy. This is all positive vibes, and good vibes and good energy, so it feels incredible.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

Remind yourself that the greatest technique for bringing peace into your life is to always choose being kind when you have a choice between being right or being kind.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.

Be a force of love as often as you can and turn away negative thoughts whenever you feel them surface.

For the general public or psychos on Facebook, for everyone who’s made one negative comment about me, I’ve probably gotten 250-300 positive comments.

See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.

I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness.

Let us read and let us dance – two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.

Mastery passes often for egotism.

Little things affect little minds.

I used to let other people’s struggles affect my happiness. If they weren’t happy, there was no way I was going to be happy. The opposite was also true: If I wasn’t happy, I didn’t want anyone around me to be happy.

I tend to get bored quickly, which means I must be boring.

Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility.

I’m addicted to placebos.

We fear to know the fearsome and unsavory aspects of ourselves, but we fear even more to know the godlike in ourselves.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.