People will try to bring you down, but you gotta go up.

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

I don’t think about the end game. I’ve got lots to occupy my mind. It’s the rage that keeps me going.

Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved.

I don’t want to say anything negative about anybody or anything or anybody’s political beliefs. I’ve never done that. I’ve never tried to get involved in those things.

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there’s less of you.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.

Take the complications, rules, shoulds, musts, have tos, and so on out of your life. By uncomplicating your life and removing the trivial pursuits that occupy so much of it, you open a channel for the genius within you to emerge.

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.

You can be passionate about anything.

Ambition can creep as well as soar.

In my case Pilgrim’s Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.

Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it’s happening.

I’m afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side. I’m afraid they’ll mock me, think I’m ridiculous and sentimental and not take me seriously. I’m used to not being taken seriously, but only the ‚light-hearted‘ Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the ‚deeper‘ Anne is too weak.

It seems the older you get, the more life comes into focus.

Only stupid people are changed by success.

People want to feel hopeful.

I’ve been blessed to be somebody that’s been climbing that success mountain top for years of hard work, you know, but now it’s all connecting. And now, the whole world is watching, you know what I’m saying, and it feels good ‚cause it’s good energy. This is all positive vibes, and good vibes and good energy, so it feels incredible.

I make preparations both to live and to die every day, but with the emphasis on not dying, and on acting as if I was going to carry on living.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

I’m on record that it didn’t really traumatize me to do away with some people.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

If a man can… make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

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

Impart as much as you can of your spiritual being to those who are on the road with you, and accept as something precious what comes back to you from them.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.

I’m mortified to be on the stage, but then again, it’s the only place where I’m happy.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

My moms always told me, ‚How long you gonna play the victim?‘ I can say I’m mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.

One of the most important decisions you’ll ever make is choosing the kind of universe you exist in: is it helpful and supportive or hostile and unsupportive? Your answer to this question will make all the difference in terms of how you live your life and what kind of Divine assistance you attract.

Sometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise.

Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

I don’t focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing, then I don’t worry about it.

A great man is always willing to be little.

What a wee little part of a person’s life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.

When the negative thoughts come – and they will; they come to all of us – it’s not enough to just not dwell on it… You’ve got to replace it with a positive thought.

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world – that is the myth of the atomic age – as in being able to remake ourselves.

Lot of players lose hope because of lack of motivation.

The future will be better tomorrow.

You want to do good things, and once you’ve done a couple of good things in a row, you think ‚Well gee, let’s not mess this up.‘ But I am lucky at this point that I have something I really love to do, and it completely holds my attention. I never feel frustrated by it.

It makes no sense to worry about things you have no control over because there’s nothing you can do about them, and why worry about things you do control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it’s not like I am hopeless.

I found it hard to be young. When I was married in my twenties, I hated being regarded as ‚the little wife.‘ You don’t know what it was like then! I’d never even written a cheque. I had to ask my husband for money for groceries.

My philosophy in life is, Decide what you want to do. You have to have something to hope for.

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition.

I just think it is important that you realize, that you’re the best in the world. Whether you are a Democrat or Republican or whether you’re libertarian or whatever, you are the best. And we should not ever forget that. And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

If we’re really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what’s causing us to do what we do.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.

I was born with a happy heart, and I try to keep a good attitude. It’s not true that I’m happy all the time because nobody is, and we all go through our things.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.