My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

What you have outside you counts less than what you have inside you.

You’ve really got to start hitting the books because it’s no joke out here.

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.

I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that’s going on. I feel like I’m in my own bubble.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.

I’ve 20,000 hours of clinical practice; you’re not naive after the first few thousand. I’ve helped people deal with things that most people can’t imagine.

We’re all insecure, aren’t we? I’m not walking around like I’m macho man or anything.

One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry.

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

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease only at death.

Whenever you give up something, you must replace it with something.

I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? 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.

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

You either make dust or eat dust.

Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble.

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

My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.

Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

I don’t feel too much pressure. I only see an opportunity.

He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

For a long time I was scared I’d find out I was like my mother.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.

I don’t have emotional needs, only physical ones.

More people should read books. It’s the most concentrated experience you can have.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

My superhero has always been Tendulkar, and it will be Tendulkar for life. He is someone who has inspired me immensely. Just watching him play for India, I used to dream of winning games for India, because he used to do it single handedly.

When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

You don’t sign up for a divorce when you get married. It’s very painful. But it’s taught me a great deal about myself.

If I’ve got something do. I’m going to attack it. I’m going to attack that stress.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

I’m very secure about my talents and about who I am.

I knew early on that I wanted to entertain in some form. And I knew I would work as hard as anyone to do it.

From the moment I open my eyes, I’m trying to free my body. I’m trying to get looser, more flexible, to gain control. Movement is medicine to me.

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Because my dad abused me, I was determined to never let a man tell me what to do. God clearly showed me that I needed to be a submissive wife if I wanted to be effective in ministry. The truth is, if we don’t learn to submit to authority, we won’t ever learn to submit to God.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Don’t be dependent. At all. Ever. Period.

I believe that having a spiritual life is so important in everybody’s life.

Marines don’t know how to spell the word ‚defeat‘.

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it.

Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

You have freedom when you’re easy in your harness.

It is impossible to begin to learn that which one thinks one already knows.

Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

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.

Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you.