I think happiness is a goal all of us can agree on. Let’s face it – we all would like to be happy.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it’s a shield.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

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

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

Good is positive. Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of heat. All evil is so much death or nonentity. Benevolence is absolute and real. So much benevolence as a man hath, so much life hath he.

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

You’ll see it when you believe it.

Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.

The happiest moments are when we sit down and we feel the presence of our brothers and sisters, lay and monastic, who are practicing walking and sitting meditation.

Transforming yourself into a deep listener will not only prove more amusing as you open your mind to their mind, but you will gain the most invaluable lessons about human psychology.

Growth is the great separator between those who succeed and those who do not. When I see a person beginning to separate themselves from the pack, it’s almost always due to personal growth.

Good entrepreneurs are community builders, actively involved with their communities and dedicated to the community’s well being. If you’re dedicated to your community, it will be dedicated to you.

I always say, decisions I make, I live with them. There’s always ways you can correct them or ways you can do them better. At the end of the day, I live with them.

I think we need more idiot control.

I’m sure like everyone else I’m not always the happiest if I don’t do a good job in quali or the race or whatever, so I think beating myself up sometimes makes me work harder.

Either you run the day or the day runs you.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Fun is one of the most important – and underrated – ingredients in any successful venture. If you’re not having fun, then it’s probably time to call it quits and try something else.

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.

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

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.

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.

I’m not a person that socializes very well.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

I don’t ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing ‚cos that’s just… that’s just telling yourself a lie.

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

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

If you start to think of your physical and moral condition, you usually find that you are sick.

Boot camp sucks – SEAL training sucks – but you know what? That’s what makes you good.

I’m one of them guys that tries to make everything the best of the best, so sometimes I’m out of control with it.

People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

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

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.

Never be ashamed! There’s some who’ll hold it against you, but they’re not worth bothering with.

First and foremost comes my family and my life with Brad. We have so much joy in raising our children and teaching them about the world that nothing really compares to that.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.

The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody – like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and I thought, ‚That can be me.‘ So I started working out. The funny thing is I didn’t realize back then that I was having a defining moment.

See, when you drive home today, you’ve got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you’ve got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what’s happened in your past is not near as important as what’s in your future.

I don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn’t think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

Many of my fans often tell me that they listen to my songs to get through things. And therefore, obviously, I hope that they can picture being in a place where things are better… I hope my songs can bring people to a calm place.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.

One must steer, not talk.

Happiness is the cessation of suffering.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

To live without Hope is to Cease to live.

I’m addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day.