It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

If I’d married someone in show business, there’d be too much competition.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares… if you don’t really work them.

What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our minds.

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.

The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.

In married life three is company and two none.

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

Even though I write about the human race, the further away from them, the better I feel. Two miles is great; two thousand miles is beautiful.

Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothing I can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort.

Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of plan living and high thinking the moment he wants to multiply his daily wants. Man’s happiness really lies in contentment.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

I can imagine it’s hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn’t know.

A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

You can live your life angry, bitter, mad at somebody or even guilty, not letting go of your own mistakes, but you won’t receive the good things God has in store.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.

Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.

I want to be a man who is truthful and who won’t let pride get in the way of my ripping myself open to my partner and saying, ‚Here I am. This is me.‘ I feel there’s something powerful when a man reaches a point in his life when he can be completely vulnerable.

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.

Our whole life is set up in the path of least resistance. We don’t want to suffer. We don’t want to feel discomfort. So the whole time, we’re living our lives in a very comfortable area. There’s no growth in that.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I’m writing about New York.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It’s a way of life for me.

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

People hate as they love, unreasonably.

You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don’t want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you’re not performing at your best.

Logically, harmony must come from the heart… Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.

A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.

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

I learned a long time ago how to be coachable.

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.

People always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‚Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

I always was that person who was hard on myself and challenged myself no matter what I was doing, whether it was passing third grade or playing basketball.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

The best advice comes from people who don’t give advice.

Don’t give in to excuses that can keep you from really living the best life God has for you.

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.

If something can corrupt you, you’re corrupted already.

For me, it’s about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and how I feel about God and what He does for me, is something deeply personal. It’s where I came from, my family, I was brought up in a religious household and that’s very important to me.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that’s you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don’t really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.

Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It’s perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we’ve learned something from yesterday.

It’s like a muscle – if you stop going to the gym or stop running, you get weak. The military teaches you these great values, but we don’t keep up the discipline on our own, and we lose it. So wherever you go, keep that discipline up.

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

Sensual love deceives one as to the nature of heavenly love; it could not do so alone, but since it unconsciously has the element of heavenly love within it, it can do so.

If people wonder, yes, Hillary Clinton is my friend. She has been a friend to me and Barack and Malia and Sasha, and Bill and Chelsea have been embracing and supportive from the very day my husband took the oath of office.

And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that’s fine with me!

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

I don’t care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.