People have this capacity within them to set the world straight.

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

Over the holidays, and even during filming, I realized that I actually like my body, even if it’s not perfect according to the book. I just feel sexy. For the first time, I don’t want to get rid of the curves. I just want to tone it up. My body is comfortable, and it’s not unhealthy, so I’m going to rock with it.

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

It’s honestly true that money means nothing to me.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man’s life is made up of nothing, but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

Let us be shy no longer. Let us go to our strength. Let us offer hope. Let us tell the world that a new age is not only possible but probable.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don’t see what goes on underground – as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don’t see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

A strong man doesn’t have to be dominant toward a woman. He doesn’t match his strength against a woman weak with love for him. He matches it against the world.

I think your values are always influenced by your family and your community.

Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

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.

It’s easy to forget who you are.

You can start right where you stand and apply the habit of going the extra mile by rendering more service and better service than you are now being paid for.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

It was really hard for them to intimidate me. They felt I was intimidating. One of the growers had a name for me: I think it was ‚dragon lady‘ or something like it.

Character is destiny.

It’s easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it’s easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

My whole thing now is I know how to think properly to be successful in all aspects of my life. It’s not about ultra running or being a SEAL or pull-up records: it’s about if you want to be better you, have to change your perceived limitations and take the barriers down.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

I always had a repulsive need to be something more than human.

The battle for women’s rights has been largely won.

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

I can express myself.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

You can’t be happy by doing something groovy.

In the public eye, girls and women with strong perspectives are hated. If you’re a girl with an opinion, people just hate you. There are still people who are afraid of successful women, and that’s so lame.

When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

We should learn to accept that change is truly the only thing that’s going on always, and learn to ride with it and enjoy it.

Many years ago, I concluded that a few hair shirts were part of the mental wardrobe of every man. The president differs from other men in that he has a more extensive wardrobe.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

I’m not critic-proof, and I still take it personally, but I take it less personally now.

Never was it given to mortal man – To lie so boldly as we women can.

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it’s better than college. People should educate themselves – you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I’d written a thousand stories.

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.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

What is a fear of living? It’s being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself – for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don’t know what you’re here to do, then just do some good.

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its behavior ceases to be intelligent.

One man with courage is a majority.

Great talents are the most lovely and often the most dangerous fruits on the tree of humanity. They hang upon the most slender twigs that are easily snapped off.