Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don’t live angry, let go now!

I think, when you are growing up, you have to pull apart from what your mother wants or needs. You’ve got to go your own way, and that’s what I did.

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 can’t keep somebody from being a star, and I can’t make somebody a star, and nobody can.

Yeah, I was a delinquent. It was when I was in the ninth grade. I was doing stupid stuff, and the cops came into the class. I was humiliated more than anything.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

I never fall in love.

We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

I don’t want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.

I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.

As you think, so shall you become.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

Ordinary readers, forgive my paradoxes: one must make them when one reflects; and whatever you may say, I prefer being a man with paradoxes than a man with prejudices.

All my adult life people have been helping me.

Observe all men, thyself most.

We clearly see in God’s Word that anything He tells us to do, He will give us the ability to do it. But do we really believe it? Do we want to believe it? It’s easier to come up with excuses for why we can’t do things that are hard or that we really don’t want to do.

Perfectionists demand perfection from themselves first and foremost.

Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.

Anything you’re good at contributes to happiness.

My father wasn’t perfect. He had a temper. I took some of that. He would snap, but the older he got, he started calming down. He learned about life, but the thing that he taught my whole family was that family was the most important thing and, no matter what, if a family member needs you, you go and help them out; you get there.

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.

I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

I’m of the school of thought where if you can’t sort something out for yourself then no one can help you.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

I never looked at my mantel and envisioned an MVP trophy sitting there. This is pretty crazy.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

It is only to the individual that a soul is given.

I remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid or doing dumb things and getting a bad reputation.

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

When I am angry I can pray well and preach well.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

I don’t think I’m such an amazing person who needs to be written about.

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

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

The more I see the less I know for sure.

The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes. Unless a particular man made New Year resolutions, he would make no resolutions. Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective.

I think as long as I do a good job and put in all my effort to proving that I’m worth it, then everything should be fine.

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.

Our errors are surely not such awfully solemn things. In a world where we are so certain to incur them in spite of all our caution, a certain lightness of heart seems healthier than this excessive nervousness on their behalf.

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

I’ve been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting worse. It’s natural.

I don’t mind people hating me, because it pushes me.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

I’m a big believer in doing things that make you uncomfortable. So, we live in a world where we want to be as comfortable as we can. And we wonder why we have no growth. We wonder why – when the smallest thing in our life gets difficult – we wonder why we cower and we run away.

Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that ‚a quiet conscience makes one strong!‘

I was always taught not to answer no questions. I’m not really good at answering them because I get agitated so fast.

Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

I don’t want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I’m completely confused. I’m like, ‚Didn’t you make that movie already?‘ I’ve been very fortunate, and I’m well taken care of, so the least I can do is try to go forward.

We are punished by our sins, not for them.

Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

People gonna be they own individuals and have they own worlds and I can’t knock it.

We cannot live being obsessed with what other people think about us. It’s impossible to live like that. Not even God managed to please the entire world.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.