I think people take me as seriously as I want them to. They take me as seriously as I take myself – let’s put it that way.

Guarding your heart and protecting your dignity are a little bit more important than clarifying the emotions of someone who’s only texting you back three words. I’ve learned that from trying to figure out people who don’t deserve to be figured out.

Character is destiny.

I do have a vulnerable side. I think a lot of people have a misperception of me. They only see the tough, defensive, aggressive side. But every woman is vulnerable.

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

I don’t look at my old work. I mean, they made nice books; the books were made without me, the one from last year and the one from this year. I – personally, I’m not interested in my own past. I’m only interested in today – perhaps tomorrow.

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

For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him he must regard himself as greater than he is.

I always thought it was wrong for me to take credit for the work that I did. I don’t think that anymore.

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

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.

If something can corrupt you, you’re corrupted already.

I’m odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.

The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

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

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

I will not be concerned at other men’s not knowing me; I will be concerned at my own want of ability.

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it’s not about the money.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

One’s past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

I thought one should have the attitude of ‚What do you care what other people think!‘

If I can be a leader, I will.

I trust my taste. I trust it completely and I always have done, and I’ve always thought it isn’t that different from everybody else’s.

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb: At first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers; but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood; your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look – for dizzier heights.

The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.

Happiness doesn’t come from being rich, nor merely from being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.

If you’re treated a certain way you become a certain kind of person. If certain things are described to you as being real they’re real for you whether they’re real or not.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

I’ve been called a moron since I was about four. My father called me a moron. My grandfather said I was a moron. And a lot of times when I’m driving, I hear I’m a moron. I like being a moron.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.

It undoubtedly feels nice when you are being appreciated and you get complimented by girls. Who doesn’t like that? Having said that, I don’t take it as any pressure.

If you’re talking to a man who wouldn’t fight with you under any circumstances whatsoever, then you’re talking to someone for whom you have absolutely no respect.

Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it’s just noise that can be a distraction.

I’m not sure what you need first – the players believing or others believing in them – but in the end, both have to think it.

I’m mortified to be on the stage, but then again, it’s the only place where I’m happy.

Let each become all that he was created capable of being.

It’s like a muscle – if you stop going to the gym or stop running, you get weak. The military teaches you these great values, but we don’t keep up the discipline on our own, and we lose it. So wherever you go, keep that discipline up.

I deserve respect for the things I did not do.

I think dress, hairstyle and make-up are the crucial factors in projecting an attractive persona and give one the chance to enhance one’s best physical features.

I’m not the most attractive fella. I’m not a Billy Dee Williams. Personality is everything.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

You have to motivate yourself with challenges. That’s how you know you’re still alive.

We are all of us stars, and we deserve to twinkle.

I remember when I was in high school I didn’t have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

God didn’t make a mistake when He made you. You need to see yourself as God sees you.

Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to be in combat.

Begin with the end in mind.

God always wants us to be growing.

I break ground. I trailblaze.

If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you’re solid, and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

The challenge is to stay cool enough to handle the pressure in the moment so that you can succeed in the future.

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

I don’t see myself as a philosopher. That’s awfully boring.

It’s very difficult to regulate yourself, and if you learn to do that, well, it starts to spill over.