Nobody can ever say that being negative ever helped them at all – not in any way.

I have only one counsel for you – be master.

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

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

All ways of living can be sanctified, and for each individual, the ideal way is that to which our Lord leads him through the natural development of his tastes and the pressure of circumstances.

I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that’s not in me. I want to lift people up.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

You might not always get what you want, but you always get what you expect.

The key is taking responsibility and initiative, deciding what your life is about and prioritizing your life around the most important things.

I always was a rich person because money’s not related to happiness.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.

The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance – the idea that anything is possible.

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

It’s not ‚can‘; it’s ‚will.‘ You have to will things into fruition.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

Don’t talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

People want to feel hopeful.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.

If one dream dies, dream another dream. If you get knocked down, get back up and go again.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other’s faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

My secret to staying young… Having no sense of time.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

Remembering what you’ve been through and how that has strengthened your mindset can lift you out of a negative brain loop and help you bypass those weak, one-second impulses to give in. Even if you’re feeling low and beat down by life right now, I guarantee you can think of a time or two when you overcame odds and tasted success.

You can do the same thing with $20 million that you would do with $50 million. So at a certain point in your life and in your career, you realise that it’s not about the money.

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and… I believe in miracles.

Yeah, it’s pretty hard not to be completely cynical these days.

In this great country, we celebrate success. We don’t want to penalize those who have done well.

If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people’s choices. If I feel good about my body, I don’t go around making fun of other people’s weight or appearance. We’re hard on each other because we’re using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.

I mean we all need a second chance sometimes.

I mean, I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn’t mean I don’t get frustrated in my life.

As unique as we all are, an awful lot of us want the same things. We want to shake up our current less-than-fulfilling lives. We want to be happier, more loving, forgiving and connected with the people around us.

Intelligent people should learn from their experiences. With people on the street, the bad experience has beaten them.

I’ve never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.

You’re always learning. The problem is, sometimes you stop and think you understand the world. This is not correct. The world is always moving. You never reach the point you can stop making an effort.

Many people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.

I believe that one person can make a difference.

Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

The more you know the less you need to say.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

I’m not afraid to make mistakes.

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

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

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!

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

Every human being is under construction from conception to death.

When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.

What you don’t do can be a destructive force.

Maybe some people can wake up and play PlayStation all day, but that’s never been me.

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.