Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

I feel real good because it’s about representing the young world and how to uplift each other and how to push us to be greater and make sure we don’t fall or get trapped or get in trouble, you know what I mean. Stay focused, you know what I mean.

I hate to see complacency prevail in our lives when it’s so directly contrary to the teaching of Christ.

With Kansas, I had a four-year deal. The initial two months were real tough. I had to adjust a lot. Then, things started looking up.

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.

I can understand how some people might resent me for having the audacity to continue playing music, but it’d take a lot more than that to stop me from doing it. I started Foo Fighters because I didn’t want to retreat.

I stayed true to my dreams and, eventually, they came true.

Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.

I believe that every person is born with talent.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

I think you’re working and learning until you die.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you’re feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success.

Over the years I’ve learned how to lock myself up in a prison of hope, knowing that God has nothing but His best planned for me. He promised me things concerning my ministry and my life.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

I need music. It’s like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what’s going on – bad games, press, whatever!

He not busy being born is busy dying.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I’m doing, I always tell myself, ‚You can do better than this.‘

If someone you know makes a bad decision or uses bad judgment, it doesn’t mean you have to allow that to alter your attitude. Why should you allow anyone else’s bad decisions to send you into a tailspin of misery?

I just get annoyed at myself. A lot of swearing goes on generally when I am driving.

Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.

I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother.

One must steer, not talk.

Only by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.

I was a fighting machine with a will of iron.

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

Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.

And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.

Character is destiny.

I can’t tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I’ve got a good bead on myself.

If you don’t know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere.

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.

What is once well done is done forever.

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.

When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don’t complain.

A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we’re children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they’re scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it’s pretty much in the eye of the beholder.

I think if I keep working in the way that I am, from the heart and from passion and with love, well, the fruits of that will keep coming.

I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.

People tend to dwell more on negative things than on good things. So the mind then becomes obsessed with negative things, with judgments, guilt and anxiety produced by thoughts about the future and so on.

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it’s a shield.

I never thought of losing, but now that it‘ s happened, the only thing is to do it right. That’s my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

Be a player; don’t play yourself. And don’t play basketball. That’s not your sport, Jeb Bush.