I would never exchange my life with anybody else’s.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.

The aim of life is appreciation; there is no sense in not appreciating things; and there is no sense in having more of them if you have less appreciation of them.

I like everything. Boyish girls, girlish boys, the heavy and the skinny. Which is a problem when I’m walking down the street.

On the other hand, you have different fingers.

We should purify our innate well of contentment – what a wonderful expression – and then external things will be in harmony with us.

Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving!

Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions normally. I feel grateful for my heart.

I always wanted to be a Vine star. I wasn’t, thank God.

And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that’s fine with me!

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

If our condition were truly happy, we would not seek diversion from it in order to make ourselves happy.

When you focus on how wonderful God is and all the great things He’s done… is doing… and even will do in your life, your natural response will be praise, adoration and awe. Don’t let yourself ever get used to it… stay amazed!

I wake up every day inspiring myself, because God gave me life.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

I knew I was blessed with a gift of having both parents.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

When you realize who you live for, and who’s important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I’m gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it – and I lived it for me.

I love imperfections.

I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

People who truly understand what is meant by self-reliance know they must live their lives by ethics rather than rules.

Relish everything that’s inside of you, the imperfections, the darkness, the richness and light and everything. And that makes for a full life.

All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.

All our actions, as well as our thoughts and words, should praise Him who always blesses us.

There’s no happier person than a truly thankful, content person.

I love to sit and eat quietly and enjoy each bite, aware of the presence of my community, aware of all the hard and loving work that has gone into my food.

I didn’t try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into.

I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.

We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike.

I know that I came into the world with what I call ‚big dharma‘ – with a blueprint to teach self-reliance and a positive loving approach to large numbers of people all over the globe. I am ever so grateful for the circumstances of my life that allowed me to be pretty much left alone and to develop as I was so intended in this incarnation.

He who is contented is rich.

At the end of the day, the TV show is the best job in the world. I get to go anywhere I want, eat and drink whatever I want. As long as I just babble at the camera, other people will pay for it. It’s a gift.

There are some days when I think I’m going to die from an overdose of satisfaction.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

Everyone is different. Everyone has different teams they’ve played on, coaches they’ve played for.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.

Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.

I have never given adoration to any body except myself.

I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I’ve had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm’s way until they could be their own guides.

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.

The Revlon Run/Walk effort to focus on women’s cancer has my wholehearted support and gratitude.

Thanks to my fans that have been with me from the beginning, I was able to sell out arenas on my own.

I’m healthy as can be – not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health.

Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul.

Rather be dead than cool.

There isn’t anybody that looks like me without clothes on.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.

When you focus on being a blessing, God makes sure that you are always blessed in abundance.

See how many are better off than you are, but consider how many are worse.

I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.

I have a hard time figuring out what kind of box to put me in, too, because I don’t know exactly what’s going on around me or why. But I need to stay outside of boxes because then I can look at what’s inside of them without being part of them.