I worked out early on to give up things I couldn’t do well at all.

It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

It’s hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

If you sit there and have that mentality of ‚triple down on what you’re good at,‘ you’re never going to grow. You’re always going to stay the same.

There’s not a note of mine that’s worth the noting.

Success has always been a great liar.

I’m afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side. I’m afraid they’ll mock me, think I’m ridiculous and sentimental and not take me seriously. I’m used to not being taken seriously, but only the ‚light-hearted‘ Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the ‚deeper‘ Anne is too weak.

I want to rethink ‚surrender‘ as an active verb.

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

What a blind person needs is not a teacher but another self.

I had never been in charge of anything. I’d always worked for someone. I worked for a furniture warehouse. I did masonry. I always had a boss yelling at me. So I’d never been in charge of an organization.

God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, ‚Thus far and no farther.‘

I wish everyone well, but you need to focus on yourself. You need to stop putting your hand out. Everyone wants hand outs. Everyone wants things for free. You’ve got to put in the work. You’ve got to grind. You’ve got go through the struggle, and you’ve got to get it.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Character is power.

I believe time wounds all heels.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It’s a death trap.

You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.

The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.

When I was old enough to change my name, I changed it to Mr. T so that the first word out of someone’s mouth was ‚Mister,‘ a sign of respect.

You can’t go backward in life.

People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going to do it anymore.

I think the best thing I ever did with my life was stand up and say I’ve got Alzheimer’s.

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

The battle is all over except the ‚shouting‘ when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.

When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.

I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

With Kansas, I had a four-year deal. The initial two months were real tough. I had to adjust a lot. Then, things started looking up.

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.

Me not finishing school – in my head, I still have this insecurity when I’m talking to someone educated.

If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you’re a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

I was always taught not to answer no questions. I’m not really good at answering them because I get agitated so fast.

The personal ego already has a strong element of dysfunction, but the collective ego is, frequently, even more dysfunctional, to the point of absolute insanity.

I think it’s healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care – that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.

The fact is, I was never too bright in school. I ain’t ashamed of it, though. I mean, how much do school principals make a month?

Custom reconciles us to everything.

It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is.

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.

It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.

We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.

To have a comeback, you have to have a setback.

My life is a struggle.

Reactive people… are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior.