Oh, I’ve always been very… Emotional. ‚Hypersensitive‘ is what they call it, I think.

The Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn’t think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.

Sometimes if you got a problem deep rooted in your life, it takes a little bit of time to overcome it in that area.

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

I am just one human being.

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.

I am not very good with relationships. With anyone. I can’t be locked up with anyone for too long.

Well, there are some things that I just can’t get out of my head, and they start to annoy me after a while. Sometimes they’re of my own creation, as well – and they’re just as annoying. It’s not only other people’s ear worms that bug me, it’s my own, as well.

I want to challenge you today to get out of your comfort zone. You have so much incredible potential on the inside. God has put gifts and talents in you that you probably don’t know anything about.

Love is only one of many passions.

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together.

I am who I am and I say what I think. I’m not putting a face on for the record.

If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don’t just be mad at him or her.

Until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire, you will be neither successful nor happy.

No one knows Anne’s better side, and that’s why most people can’t stand me. Oh, I can be an amusing clown for an afternoon, but after that, everyone’s had enough of me to last a month.

Everybody has a purpose.

You can’t talk your way out of problems you behave yourself into.

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

It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, – superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores.

Sometimes, I’m very embarrassed.

To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

We all have done something unethical.

No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession.

The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours.

Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

It doesn’t matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.

We’ve been programmed, from the time that we were very, very little, about what we can’t do – about what is impossible.

Man’s unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.

Prison life, fortunately, I spent a lot of years, about 18 years with other prisoners, and, as I say, they enriched your soul.

I need one of those baby monitors from my subconscious to my consciousness so I can know what the hell I’m really thinking about.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future… but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don’t let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.

When you’re in hell, you forget how great you really are because you’re suffering and you forget the great things you’ve done.

I need to keep working on myself for a while.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.

To this day, some of my closest friends say, ‚Gaga, you know, everything’s great. You’re a singer; your dreams have come true.‘ But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you’re growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they’re true.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

I’m so nervous. I’ve always been nervous, ever since I was a kid.

He knows my limitations and where I’m a good wife and a good mom.

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it.

I can’t read the newspaper without crying. I’m easily affected by horrible events, you see.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

Don’t be afraid to see what you see.

No man is hurt but by himself.

I’ve just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.

Memories are thoughts that arise. They’re not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it’s just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.

I’ve learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it.

He who angers you conquers you.

Concentration is one of the happiest things in my life.

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

I was bullied as a boy – lots of kids are, but hopefully most of us get on with our lives and grow up.

The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.

We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.