It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to.

Think and grow rich.

There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head.

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.

I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.

I’m extremely willful to win, and I respond to challenges. Scoring titles and stuff like that… it sounds, well, I don’t care how it sounds – to me, scoring comes easy. It’s not a challenge to me to win the scoring title, because I know I can.

I really have no interest in myself.

Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.

You’re not going to say anything about me that I’m not going to say about myself. There’s so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I’m going to say it before they can. It’s the best policy for me.

I don’t really focus on these things – on what tags are given to me or what people think of me off the field – stuff like that. My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

I don’t know if I’ve ever cared much what others think.

Don’t let schooling interfere with your education.

We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

No great deed is done by falterers who ask for certainty.

Thoughts are mental energy; they’re the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don’t want.

Remember you are just an extra in everyone else’s play.

Begin noticing and being careful about keeping your imagination free of thoughts that you do not wish to materialize. Instead, initiate a practice of filling your creative thoughts to overflow with ideas and wishes that you fully intend to manifest. Honor your imaginings regardless of others seeing them as crazy or impossible.

I think so many people live their whole life in fear and doubt and shame.

There is no way to happiness – happiness is the way.

I am an over-achiever, and I want to be known for the good things in my life.

As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.

I’m tough when I have to be, tender when I should be. When you find a really tough guy, he’s not a predator. He doesn’t have to prove himself. Guys who have to pretend to be tough, they ain’t. I’m tough.

A good thing to remember is somebody’s got it a lot worse than we do.

I just think it’s so important not to take yourself too seriously.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.

One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have.

I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.

Every man is his own hell.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

You’re always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort.

Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world.

I’m sick of the tabloids‘ saying I obsess over guys. Why would you obsess over guys? They don’t like it.

If you sit there and have that mentality of ‚triple down on what you’re good at,‘ you’re never going to grow. You’re always going to stay the same.

There is no such thing on earth as an uninteresting subject; the only thing that can exist is an uninterested person.

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.

My success isn’t a result of arrogance – it’s a result of belief.

I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves.

I like to be in control of how I look and how I feel and how I act.

There’s a silly notion that failure’s not an option at NASA. Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Living in America and, of course, just being women in general, we’ve got more strength than we think we do.

I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God’s Word that showed me I wasn’t living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood.

My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow.

I grew up cursing a lot.

No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

God always wants us to be growing.

I have always thought I was the best ever player.

A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes.

My secret to staying young… Having no sense of time.

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.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.

‚Tis education forms the common mind; just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.