My concern today is not with the length of a person’s hair but with his conduct.

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

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

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Remember: your bosses prefer to keep you in dependent positions. It is in their interest that you do not become self-reliant, and so they will tend to hoard information. You must secretly work against this and seize this information for yourself.

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

Coaching wouldn’t be for me. No, certainly not.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

I’m 31 now. I think I’m beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means.

Success has always been a great liar.

The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image.

Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

It’s easy to forget who you are.

I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn’t appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.

I’m about being the best.

At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.

Stupidity has a knack of getting its way.

Where the mind goes, the man follows.

Only you can control your future.

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

I’m always disappointed when people don’t live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.

People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.

Being humble matters.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Life is about conduct and how we conduct ourselves. But two wrongs never make a right.

Read a record number of books in a given month. If you’re focused on intellectual growth, train yourself to study harder and longer than ever before.

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

From my childhood I had been intended for the clergy. This prospect hung like a dark cloud on my mind.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I’m working on the foundation.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

If you’re put on a pedestal, you’re supposed to behave yourself like a pedestal type of person. Pedestals actually have a limited circumference. Not much room to move around.

The more nobly a man wills and acts, the more avid he becomes for great and sublime aims to pursue. He will no longer be content with family, country, and the remunerative aspect of his work. He will want wider organisations to create, new paths to blaze, causes to uphold, truths to discover, an ideal to cherish and defend.

I didn’t just invent saying offensive things.

Every man is his own hell.

I would counsel people to go to college, because it’s one of the best times in your life in terms of who you meet and develop a broad set of intellectual skills.

It’s really fun to put yourself into a character – into shoes you wouldn’t normally be in.

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

‚Your Erroneous Zones’ was the book that went over the top simply because I believed in it so much.

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

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

Next to excellence is the appreciation of it.

We have to wake up. We have to refuse to be a clone.

Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.

I was so rude when I was a little girl.

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.

I think we need more idiot control.

Life is partly what we make it, and partly what it is made by the friends we choose.

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

One of the great attractions of patriotism – it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what’s more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.

Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also.