Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

So much of what we do every single day is the result of habits that we have formed over time.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

The risk for me would be in not taking one – that’s the only thing that’s really risky for me.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about.

Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.

If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn’t need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.

And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Purity of personal life is the one indispensable condition for building up a sound education.

There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one’s own religion.

A cat is only itself, representative of the strong forces of life that won’t let go.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

I was always told as a child by my mother that you always have to be impeccable, even when you go to bed.

I think women love very hard. We love men. We just love with everything we have. And sometimes, I don’t know that that love is met with the type of dignity that we wish it would be met with.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.

The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.

I know why we’re strong. I know why we have held together; I know why we are united: it’s because there’s always been a growing middle class.

Dancers are always striving for perfection. A great dancer never achieves it: you always want to do another turn, a higher jump,a more difficult acrobatic jump.

Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?

I’ve always strived to be successful, not famous.

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

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

I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them.

America’s promises do not come with a price tag. We meet our commitments. We bear our burdens. That’s one of the reasons why almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office.

Well, I wouldn’t say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

I don’t want to wake up and be bored. That’s probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I’ve been on for a long time and had success with? I don’t plan on giving it up any time soon.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

They know enough who know how to learn.

A reputation as a hard worker is a good reputation to have.

Our combat mission is ending, but our commitment to Iraq’s future is not.

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father’s head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

My literature is much more the result of a paradox than that of an implacable logic, typical of police novels. The paradox is the tension that exists in my soul.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don’t have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.

You have to come to your closed doors before you get to your open doors… What if you knew you had to go through 32 closed doors before you got to your open door? Well, then you’d come to closed door number eight and you’d think, ‚Great, I got another one out of the way’… Keep moving forward.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

Never confuse motion with action.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent.

In cricket, my superhero is Sachin Tendulkar. He has always been my hero and will continue to remain so. Apart from him and outside cricket, my mother has remained my inspiration. Whatever difficult time I had faced, she was always there for me. She has given me all the strength. She maintained her composure and supported me in tough times.

It’s easy to forget who you are.

I’m really trying to dredge up what one might call intellectual and moral material. For example, when do you realize that you are an American? What age does that happen to you? When do you realize what religion your parents practice? When does it all become conscious? I was interested in exploring all of that.

The joy and love that I get from playing football are unbelievable. It is such a feeling that I want to give everything that I have got. I just enjoy it, I am living a life that I never even dreamt of.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.

Beautiful music is the art of the prophets that can calm the agitations of the soul; it is one of the most magnificent and delightful presents God has given us.

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what’s happening in Africa, and if we’re honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.

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