Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

Don’t grow accustomed to living with less, doing less, and being less to the point that you eventually sit back and accept it.

Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.

We must use time as a tool, not as a couch.

Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

I’ve been studying the Bible for a long time. I remember that after the first five years or so of diligently studying the Word, I didn’t feel like I had made any progress. There were a lot of things in my life that were out of order, and I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere.

Life can be boring unless you put some effort into it.

Practice yourself, for heaven’s sake in little things, and then proceed to greater.

The problem with meditating is I generally go to sleep, and that’s because I’m doing it wrong.

I think it’s healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care – that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.

It is better to do one’s own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

Meditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books.

But ever since I was a kid, I was always the winner.

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.

Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

I cry so much less than I used to. I used to be one of the most teary people.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

I get up every morning and say, ‚Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.‘

When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.

I grew up with my career being thrust upon me. It took me a long time to believe that I could do more than that one aspect of our business.

It is possible to live happily in the here and the now. So many conditions of happiness are available – more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don’t have to run into the future in order to get more.

Behavior is the mirror in which everyone shows their image.

Nobody looks like they did when they were 20, so why not take advantage of the fact that you’re changing, emotionally as well as physically?

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me – spiritually and financially.

‚Worry‘ is a word that I don’t allow myself to use.

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

I didn’t always have 14,000 people wanting to hang out with me on a Saturday night.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

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

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

It’s certainly not wrong to want to be a better person. God gave us that desire.

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

Human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

Ego is only fine when it is working for your motivation.

Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.

Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don’t know how to manage it.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

The first quality that is needed is audacity.

If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

When you’re older you want to learn from other people.

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.

As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.

Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.

I’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‚I’m a Christian.‘ I always think, ‚Already? You’ve already got it?‘ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96.

Never complain. Never explain.

Prayer doesn’t just change things – it changes us. If we are diligent in seeking God, slowly and surely we become better people.

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you’ve closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

For a highly motivated learner, it’s not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you’re a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good.

Time is kind of an amazing thing because you can do so much with it. I think people underestimate time… I don’t want to just sit on my phone for hours.

I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going – I have no post-satisfaction.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man’s estate, is the gift of education.

There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

The way to develop decisiveness is to start right where you are, with the very next question you face.