If you think nobody cares about you, try missing a couple of payments.

I had a much better view with the halo than I expected.

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

When granted many years of life, growing old in age is natural, but growing old with grace is a choice. Growing older with grace is possible for all who will set their hearts and minds on the Giver of grace, the Lord Jesus Christ.

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

Do everything as in the eye of another.

It’s a funny old world.

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

I have a strong feeling that I shall be glad when I am dead and done for – scrapped at last to make room for somebody better, cleverer, more perfect than myself.

I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. J’aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing.

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

When I was 18, I thought that, to be a romantic, you couldn’t live past 30.

Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.

My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time.

The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‚Run like hell and all of fire.‘ You don’t want modesty, you want humility.

Some people take defeat and losses a certain way. You see how some fighters take losses.

Anybody can be specific and obvious. That’s always been the easy way. It’s not that it’s so difficult to be unspecific and less obvious; it’s just that there’s nothing, absolutely nothing, to be specific and obvious about.

History is written by the victors.

We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

The man who knows it can’t be done counts the risk, not the reward.

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.

While victimhood in America is exalted, I don’t think our veterans should join those ranks.

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

It’s the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Americans are far more remarkable than we give ourselves credit for. We’ve been so busy damning ourselves for years. We’ve done it all, and yet we don’t take credit for it.

Getting rich is about fun. It’s a game, and you have to treat it that way.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

No one but a fool is always right.

It is impossible to experience one’s death objectively and still carry a tune.

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.

Whoever does not regard what he has as most ample wealth, is unhappy, though he be master of the world.

There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace. This peace makes you feel worthy of all of the richest blessings of the universe, and when you radiate this out into the world, it is returned to you without fail.

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

If you don’t set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

The eye of a human being is a microscope, which makes the world seem bigger than it really is.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

Why should anybody be interested in some old man who was a failure?

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.

No, there is literally nothing on the business side that I wouldn’t sacrifice in a heartbeat to have an extra couple of hours‘ writing. Nothing.

It has always been my belief that a man should do his best, regardless of how much he receives for his services, or the number of people he may be serving or the class of people served.

I’ve got a feeling that music might not be the most interesting place to be in the world of things.

Beauty deprived of its proper foils and adjuncts ceases to be enjoyed as beauty, just as light deprived of all shadows ceases to be enjoyed as light.

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.

Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.

Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I’m a realist.

What is common sense isn’t common practice.

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me.

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‚Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

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