I’d be more frightened by not using whatever abilities I’d been given. I’d be more frightened by procrastination and laziness.

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.

Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.

Whether for life or death, do your own work well.

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

I think I’ve got wiser.

I don’t tell people, ‚You’re okay the way that you are.‘ That’s not the right story. The right story is, ‚You’re way less than you could be.‘

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.

But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That’s what I strive to do, that’s what I pray to do every day.

Time travel was once considered scientific heresy, and I used to avoid talking about it for fear of being labelled a ‚crank.‘

Nothing is more fearful than imagination without taste.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something’s not good enough, and I won’t stop until I feel like I’ve made it. I’m never satisfied.

The book you don’t read won’t help.

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.

You know, God gave me a gift to do other things besides play the game of basketball.

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.

There’s a deceptive sin that can keep us from walking in love: pride. It’s deceptive because when you have pride, you’re usually too proud to admit it. I know this because I used to have teachings on pride and they didn’t sell well.

Forget the past.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

Sometimes in the past when I played something might make me lose focus, or I would go home after a game where I thought I could have played better and I would let it hang over my head for a long time when it shouldn’t.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

What the mind doesn’t understand, it worships or fears.

I’m not going to change the world. You’re not going to change the world. But we can help – we can all help.

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

It’s really hard to guarantee things in life. I guarantee if you get up in the morning and you work out, and you work hard, you will have a better day – 100% guaranteed.

I do not abuse players. I talk to myself; I abuse myself. It’s my way of letting off steam. I do it after every century; I do not do it always. I keep telling myself: ‚Improve, improve from the previous match, the previous shot. You can do it.‘

I think I’m pretty smart. I think I’m pretty clever. But there’s a lot that you hone in on when you finish your education.

I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.

Egotism is the source and summary of all faults and miseries.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

You have to be able to accept failure to get better.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that’s you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don’t really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures – be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.

Get mad, then get over it.

If I see something sagging, bagging or dragging I’ll get it nipped, tucked or sucked.

Meditation is a vital practice to access conscious contact with your highest self.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

I’m afraid that reason will triumph and that the world will become a place where anyone who doesn’t fit that will become unnecessary.

Anything I do, I want to do it well.

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

I always try to do as much as I can do. I’m never a person that does not enough, because I’d regret not doing enough and think I probably could have done more. I probably go too far and have to reel myself back in, which works in some things, and other things it doesn’t work.

I used to get into a lot of fights.

Most damage that others do us is out of fear, humiliation and pain. Those feelings occur in all of us, not just in those of us who profess a certain religious or racial devotion.

I wanted to write a book that talked about the emotions of children, which is the rainbow. We all have moods. We talk about being blue when we’re sad, and being yellow when we’re cowards, and when we’re mad, we’re red.

Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.

These are the soul’s changes. I don’t believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.

Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.

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.

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

All my big mistakes are when I try to second-guess or please an audience. My work is always stronger when I get very selfish about it.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

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.

Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

One of the wonderful things about Oprah: She teaches you to keep on stepping.

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.