If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

If I relaxed, if I took my foot off the gas, I would probably die.

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

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.

If my businesses or my investments are not profitable, then I don’t eat. And I like to eat.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it’s up to me to choose to develop them.

It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?

God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!

Of course there are moments that you wonder how long you should be doing it because there are other aspects which are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just love winning.

People just overshoot trying to find God. They’re going outside and trying everything. They don’t realize that it’s right inside themselves.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don’t know how to manage it.

You have to be someone.

Be smarter than other people, just don’t tell them so.

Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.

The abdomen is the reason why man does not readily take himself to be a god.

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Anything you put your mind to and add your imagination into can make your life a lot better and a lot more fun.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate, you have not wasted your time but have done your best.

The image is one thing and the human being is another. It’s very hard to live up to an image, put it that way.

For a highly motivated learner, it’s not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you’re a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

It’s a rule to give all, and it can make the difference if you work more. If you don’t have to give all, and you still win, what’s this?

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

Create a ladder of values and priorities in your life, reminding yourself of what really matters to you.

I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life, and every setting sun be to you as its close.

If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.

It is only in our decisions that we are important.

How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before.

I never deny. I never contradict. I sometimes forget.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

Whenever you do something, people try to re-do it and do a better version, especially if they’re in another country.

We think too much and feel too little.

People say ‚I want to be rich‘. The question is, ‚Are you willing to do what it takes?‘

I lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it.

I always teach myself calm and visualization stuff.

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

High moral character is not a precondition for great moral accomplishments.

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

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.

A man’s own manner and character is what most becomes him.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Your energy, your spirit are important considerations. Feeling petty and frustrated can have reverberating consequences for your ability to think strategically and reach your goals.

Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.