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

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

We should not moor a ship with one anchor, or our life with one hope.

I’m kind of fascist with myself, you know.

Why don’t you start believing that no matter what you have or haven’t done, that your best days are still out in front of you.

I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.

Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they’re not trying to keep up with you.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

I feel like I have a job to do, like I constantly have to reinvent myself. The more I up the ante for myself, the better it is in the long run. I try to interact with my fans as much as possible. It’s good that the person I’m being onstage isn’t really an act. It’s really me.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so.

I have a memory, and I can just eliminate mistakes when they come up because I’ve already made them.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

I went through every emotion with tryna pursue what I’m doing, you know what I mean? And I think what’s gon‘ separate whoever’s gon go for something, that you ain’t gon‘ quit.

Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I’ve changed my mind about a lot of things over the years.

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

I don’t feel pressure in a negative way. I like pressure. I feel excitement and calm at the same time. No pressure, no diamonds. I want pressure: pressure creates drama, creates emotion.

There’s room for role models who make mistakes.

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don’t have any flaws.

I think I lived those years very impersonally. It was almost as though I had erected someone outside myself who was the president’s wife. I was lost somewhere deep down inside myself. That is the way I felt and worked until I left the White House.

The way I approach this thing, when I started to get my head screwed on straight and really trying to make something of myself as an artist, when I was 19 or 20, it became more about function for me. Like, what is this song doing to you? What is the function of this type of artform? What is it doing?

Money does not change people, people change.

I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it’s not about the money.

Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

Make bold choices and make mistakes. It’s all those things that add up to the person you become.

I will do this job as long as I feel that I can do it full steam.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

I don’t want to be something that just comes and goes.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.

The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I’m eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old.

You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.

When you make a mistake and the devil comes and tells you ‚You’re no good,‘ you don’t have to take on the guilt and condemnation he wants to put on you. No! You can immediately confess your mistake to God, thank Him for forgiving you and cleansing you with the blood of Jesus, and move forward in the victory of His grace and forgiveness.

If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

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.

I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.

The truth is, somebody is always talking about you, so you have to let it go… if it’s not a part of your God-given destiny.

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.

To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes.

God created man, but I could do better.

In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.

Words without thoughts never to heaven go.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?

Be as you wish to seem.

Find people who will make you better.

We are often raised as dependents then given over to teachers. It’s experience and exploration that can transform us and lead to mastery.

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

Sometimes people make it seem like you have to have certain prerequisites or a crazy life story in order to be successful in this world. But the truth is you really don’t.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay – and rise!

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man’s pride in his work.