Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Pride is an independent, me-oriented spirit. It makes people arrogant, rude and hard to get along with. When our heart is prideful, we don’t give God the credit and we mistreat people, looking down on them and thinking we deserve what we have.

If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not.

No one but a fool is always right.

I’ve been very fortunate.

I don’t really focus on these things – on what tags are given to me or what people think of me off the field – stuff like that. My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.

Breathing in, I am aware of my heart. Breathing out, I smile to my heart and know that my heart still functions normally. I feel grateful for my heart.

If I died tomorrow, I would be a happy girl.

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that’s when something snaps up and bites you.

All of our problems start in our minds.

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.

I never go into a situation with any type of expectations.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

I’ve enjoyed all the parts of my career.

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

‚Thank you‘ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

Everything is funny, as long as it’s happening to somebody else.

Everything we touch in our daily lives, including our body, is a miracle. By putting the kingdom of god in the right place, it shows us it is possible to live happily right here, right now.

We don’t thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.

Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

Needing to have things perfect is the surest way to immobilize yourself with frustration.

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.

Movies are fun, but they are no cure for cancer.

It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.

It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.

Mindfulness helps you go home to the present. And every time you go there and recognize a condition of happiness that you have, happiness comes.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

In praise there is more obtrusiveness than in blame.

So when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they’re gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives. Without it, they may never know their values or how to keep their newfound wealth in perspective.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‚This is a misfortune‘ but ‚To bear this worthily is good fortune.‘

A squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

If you don’t set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

An enemy generally says and believes what he wishes.

For a long time, I had the idea that I would do a certain amount of work the best I could, and then I would reach a comfort zone, and I wouldn’t be pushed to write more. I would become a different person. It’s a surprise to me that this hasn’t happened. Your body ages, but your mind is the same.

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‚I used everything you gave me‘.

He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don’t need an enemy.

Few people have the imagination for reality.

When I wake up, I expect things to be good. If they’re not, then I try to set about trying to make them as good as I can ‚cause I know I’m gonna have to live that day anyway. So why not try to make the most of it if you can? Some days, they pan out a little better than others, but you still gotta always just try.

If two men agree on everything, you may be sure that one of them is doing the thinking.

The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.

Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I’m very grateful for the support and kindness that we’ve gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband’s policies or what have you, they care about children and that’s been good to see.

Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination: both depend on being outside rather than inside a situation, and one leads to the other.

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

One day it will be over, and I don’t care.

Children are all foreigners.

Give yourself a gift of five minutes of contemplation in awe of everything you see around you. Go outside and turn your attention to the many miracles around you. This five-minute-a-day regimen of appreciation and gratitude will help you to focus your life in awe.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

There is always another way to say the same thing that doesn’t look at all like the way you said it before. I don’t know what the reason for this is. I think it is somehow a representation of the simplicity of nature.

I never woke up and thought, ‚I really want to live a bold life.‘

I don’t see that my majority opinions are going to be undone.

All my adult life people have been helping me.

I liked his ability to deal with a lot of the negativity that surrounded him. Even though he was in a world that he didn’t want to be in, he still saw the bigger picture.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.