If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people’s choices. If I feel good about my body, I don’t go around making fun of other people’s weight or appearance. We’re hard on each other because we’re using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

I shall the effect of this good lesson keeps as watchman to my heart.

I still have mixed feelings about what growing up is – this thing that happens to everyone, so I’ve heard.

When I inspire myself, I want to spread the word because its important to be healthy. I don’t think they’re teaching us enough about that. I think we should eat better and exercise. Look who’s saying that – a guy who was 300 pounds – but I’m doing a lot better than I used to. I’m letting people know its important because it makes you feel better.

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

I think ‚Dirty Harry‘ was probably sensitive toward the victims of violent crime.

When I tell a child something the first time, I’m nice. The 15th time, I start to get aggravated.

I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, ‚He is not a lush.‘ That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, ‚Look!‘

If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.

The uncertainty of parenting can bring up feelings in us that range from frustration to terror.

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

When people are lame, they love to blame.

I never saw myself as a folk singer.

The man who can centre his thoughts and hopes upon something transcending self can find a certain peace in the ordinary troubles of life, which is impossible to the pure egoist.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.

At 155, I will be the same animal, an even better animal.

Boot camp sucks – SEAL training sucks – but you know what? That’s what makes you good.

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

If your inner life is not producing what you would like on the outside, don’t be discouraged… just be willing to change.

With fame, you know, you can read about yourself, somebody else’s ideas about you, but what’s important is how you feel about yourself – for survival and living day to day with what comes up.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

I think and that is all that I am.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

We’re a blip in the existence of the universe, and we’re constantly trying to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other.

Make a habit of two things: to help; or at least to do no harm.

The kids are old enough now – I just want to let them be kids. I don’t want to comment on them too much. They’re at an age where I just want to let them be kids.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.

Don’t grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.

The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

To be social is to be forgiving.

Instead of blaming everyone and everything else for your problems, pray for God to help you take an inventory of what’s been on your mind so you can think about what you’ve been thinking about.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I’ll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

And above all things, never think that you’re not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that in life people will take you at your own reckoning.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

I didn’t start sweating until I had children. That was one of the first things I realized when my daughter Violet was born – I started getting wicked BO. You know there’s a difference between basketball BO and stress BO? This was definitely stress BO. Like, new dad BO.

It is not he who reviles or strikes you who insults you, but your opinion that these things are insulting.

Strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive.

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

The dreams and passions stored within hearts are powerful keys which can unlock a wealth of potential.

I understand the importance of bondage between parent and child.

You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.

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.

I’m very, very serious – I’m serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.

Don’t let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don’t whine. You can be brought low, that’s OK, but don’t be reduced by them. Just say, ‚That’s life.‘

When I grow up, I want to be like Balvin.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

I’m not really book-smart.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

I never want to change so much that people can’t recognize me.