Remind yourself that the greatest technique for bringing peace into your life is to always choose being kind when you have a choice between being right or being kind.

Boot camp sucks – SEAL training sucks – but you know what? That’s what makes you good.

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

Compassionate listening is to help the other side suffer less. If we realize that other people are the same people as we are, we are no longer angry at them.

Don’t ever play yourself.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.

Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone’s feelings unintentionally.

I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.

There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

The fewer the words, the better the prayer.

We will move forward, we will move upward, and yes, we will move onward.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

If we want to fight people in the world, we should fight them with pillows – pillows stuffed with food, medicine, music… That would be so much cheaper than bombs.

Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

We have to confront ourselves. Do we like what we see in the mirror? And, according to our light, according to our understanding, according to our courage, we will have to say yea or nay – and rise!

Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.

I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that’s not in me. I want to lift people up.

I love getting out of my comfort zone.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

For me, I don’t want to cheat the game by saying, or kind of doing lip service by saying, I want to be the greatest ever. I want to be able to show it.

The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

What’s the good of drawing in the next breath if all you do is let it out and draw in another?

The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won’t get much sleep.

Let go of yesterday.

Whether happiness may come or not, one should try and prepare one’s self to do without it.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

Aim for the highest.

When people meet me, they say that I’m really kind – contrary to a lot of my music.

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don’t know how to manage it.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself.

Humble people ask for help.

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 think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

In the morning, I practice 15 minutes of yoga.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.

The American people have not become heartless.

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can’t have.

If I forget to pray, I can’t get through the day without snapping at people.

Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them.

I knew ‚Crenshaw‘ had elevated me and distinguished me.

Want balance in your life? Then sure, get your own act together, but don’t forget four powerful disciplines of execution in your team and organization.

I don’t feel too much pressure. I only see an opportunity.