Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

Before you start a goal – let’s take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you’re suffering.

If you don’t live your life, then who will?

I try to not focus on what people expect from me.

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

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

I’m selfish.

To add value to others, one must first value others.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Bad men are full of repentance.

Passions are vices or virtues to their highest powers.

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

If it’s going to come out eventually, better have it come out immediately.

It’s easy to forget who you are.

If you desire to be good, begin by believing that you are wicked.

Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.

My father used to wear the same pants for like a week.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.

I think everybody has something that they’ve been obsessed about in their lifetime.

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It’s very irritating if you have a lot of money. You’d like to think you could write a check: ‚I’ll buy a million dollars‘ worth of love.‘ But it doesn’t work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.

I never drink coffee at lunch. I find it keeps me awake for the afternoon.

It’s so easy to settle for less than God’s best for us because we don’t always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God’s will.

It’s like a muscle – if you stop going to the gym or stop running, you get weak. The military teaches you these great values, but we don’t keep up the discipline on our own, and we lose it. So wherever you go, keep that discipline up.

I feel like I have a job to do, like I constantly have to reinvent myself. The more I up the ante for myself, the better it is in the long run. I try to interact with my fans as much as possible. It’s good that the person I’m being onstage isn’t really an act. It’s really me.

You cannot change your destination overnight, but you can change your direction overnight.

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

It’s always appealing to play a character that has to overcome himself as well as an obstacle. It makes the drama so much deeper.

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough in me to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

Satan wants us to constantly focus on everything that is wrong with us and look at how far we still have to go. But God desires for us to rejoice in how far we have already come.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world.

I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

The men I idolized built their bodies and became somebody – like Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and I thought, ‚That can be me.‘ So I started working out. The funny thing is I didn’t realize back then that I was having a defining moment.

The doer alone learneth.

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.

A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Elegance is usually confused with superficiality, fashion, lack of depth. This is a serious mistake: human beings need to have elegance in their actions and in their posture because this word is synonymous with good taste, amiability, equilibrium and harmony.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

Someone told me something that stuck with me: ‚You have to envision your life, and then go backwards.‘ I’ve been living by that motto for a while, so I see where I need to be. Now I’m just backtracking and trying to get back up there.

We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.

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.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.

I never – you know also one of the things that would save me for a man my age, it was not that easy to lose that much weight and fall down and look like something draped.

There are a lot of ‚chicken Christians.‘ Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when a storm comes, all they seem to do is flap around the chicken yard, stirring up dirt and running to the chicken house.

Whatever you dwell on in the conscious grows in your experience.