I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

When I did have some success, it further emboldens you to be like, ‚No, I’m just going to write what I feel I should write.‘

I’ve always been – you know, my personality is motivating and encouraging. And so I’m just being who God made me to be.

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

God wants to use you to make other people happy! And the happier you make others, the happier you will be because you reap what you sow.

A man can’t be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.

When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.

But your questions, which are unanswerable without exception, all spring from the same erroneous thinking.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.

I’ve always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

I don’t think I will ever be content. I am somebody who is always hungry.

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

Now that I understand that I’m an addict, I definitely have compassion for my mother. I get it.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future… but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don’t let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

Admiration for a quality or an art can be so strong that it deters us from striving to possess it.

The important thing is that your teammates have to know you’re pulling for them and you really want them to be successful.

I’m intimidated by the fear of being average.

If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan.

I haven’t changed at all. I’m the same as when I was 11.

We judge people in areas where we’re vulnerable to shame, especially picking folks who are doing worse than we’re doing.

The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by a constant and assiduous Culture.

I’ve been called a recluse. There’s definitely truth in that. I like to spend time alone.

Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.

Never confuse motion with action.

Be careful what you set your heart upon – for it will surely be yours.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

To try to become happy is to try to build a machine with no other specifications than it shall run noiselessly.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods.

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I’m going to be my best right now. That’s what faith is all about.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

We can do anything we want to if we stick to it long enough.

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.

I get naturally uncomfortable when I’m put under a magnifying glass.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about.

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats – maybe it’s imperative that we encounter the defeats – but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.

Don’t get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that – if you dare. But get older because it’s fun!

Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you’ve started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can’t get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?

Watch out for the joy-stealers: gossip, criticism, complaining, faultfinding, and a negative, judgmental attitude.

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.

I’m kind of fascist with myself, you know.

Peace is one of the most precious gifts God has promised His children. I know, because for many years my life was not peaceful, and I was miserable.

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.

If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we’re going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it’s our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it’s because we’re focused on ourselves!