Modesty is the color of virtue.

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.

I suppose my best attribute, if you want to call it that, is sincerity. I can sell sincerity because that’s the way I am.

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

I’m not a person that socializes very well.

A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘

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

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence.

I don’t think there’s anyone who would say they don’t want or need more of God’s power in their life.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

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

Follow your honest convictions and be strong.

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.

I want to do a certain thing in the world, and I am going to do it with unwavering concentration. I am concerning myself with only one essential thing: to set man free. I desire to free him from all cages, from all fears, and not to found religions, new sects, nor to establish new theories and new philosophies.

We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.

The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

I was of the generation where most of the Disney princesses and female characters were not girls that I admired. They just weren’t characters I looked up to and identified with.

I tell everybody, I get so much because I give so much. I give freely, I give all my time, give all my money, give all of my soul. I try to motivate people. I try to inspire them.

I’m going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.

I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.

One ought never to turn one’s back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.

To summarize, draft resistance can make use of the inegalitarian nature of American society as a technique for increasing the cost of American aggression, and it threatens values that are important to those in a decision-making position.

‚Victory Lap,‘ even the title. It’s the accumulation of trial and error; that’s what I represent; trial and error.

There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart.

There is no person so severely punished, as those who subject themselves to the whip of their own remorse.

Well, I wouldn’t say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

I believe that anyone can conquer fear by doing the things he fears to do, provided he keeps doing them until he gets a record of successful experience behind him.

As soon as I accomplish one goal, I replace it with another one. I try not to get too far ahead of myself. I just say to myself, ‚All right, well, I’d like to headline a tour,‘ and then when I get there, we’ll see what my next goal is.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

I am just one human being.

My rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

I think I’m pretty smart. I think I’m pretty clever. But there’s a lot that you hone in on when you finish your education.

I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency.

A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome them.

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

I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.

What you put into life is what you get out of it.