If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others.

The people in my songs are all me.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Just try new things. Don’t be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?

There’s definitely going to be things that I’m not very good at, things I can improve.

Little things affect little minds.

I hated to be treated as a child. I thought it was the worst situation.

I believe that God’s dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don’t mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you’re planted. But I don’t have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge.

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.

We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.

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.

If we live a self-directed, self-motivated, self-centered life, always needing to get our own way, then we’re going to be miserable. In fact, many times we believe it’s our problems that are making us unhappy when, in reality, it’s because we’re focused on ourselves!

I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I’ve got kids and responsibilities, so I can’t be my own test pilot. That wouldn’t be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it’s a sensible thing to do.

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I’ve learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to yourself like you’d talk to someone you love and reach out to tell your story.

The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice; you are listening to your own desires.

I read everything, but generally more fact than fiction – especially autobiographies and biographies. I’ve read ‚Long Walk to Freedom‘ by Nelson Mandela at least twice on holiday. Every time, I’m totally awed by his vision, strength and forgiveness. I feel honoured to have got to know him and his wonderful wife Graca over the years.

Me, as a person, I grow. I’m like a chameleon. You know? That is a gift and a curse for me. But more so a gift, because it never puts me in a box.

I’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I’ve always been a freak. So I’ve been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I’m one of those people.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

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.

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

Many people think of perfectionism as striving to be your best, but it is not about self-improvement; it’s about earning approval and acceptance.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

It’s true that I’ve never had a burning desire to rebel against my parents.

I have survivor’s curiosity, I guess.

The way is long if one follows precepts, but short… if one follows patterns.

Jesus paid a tremendous price for us so we could have abundant life. He willingly took all of our sin on Himself and gave His life on the cross so we could be forgiven and have new life in Him.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life.

Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is impossible to foresee this, it is impossible to be warned.

I just want to be myself.

True wealth is not of the pocket, but of the heart and of the mind.

Things do not change; we change.

Don’t talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

It doesn’t matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.

Pride is pleasure arising from a man’s thinking too highly of himself.

I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up – they have no holidays.

The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.

I felt I had to solve everyone’s problems.

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don’t try to play younger than I really am.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.

If I had only one sermon to preach it would be a sermon against pride.

I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don’t say that disrespectfully, but they’ve been shown a God that you can’t measure up to.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

I think I could go away tomorrow. I’ve already accomplished something. It’s such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.