Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

It’s easy to forget who you are.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

No man is free who is not master of himself.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

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.

I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don’t have as many people who believe it.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.

We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need.

An elusive, enigmatic aura will make people want to know more, drawing them into your circle. Create such a power by hinting at something contradictory within you.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

Yes, some people say to me you’re too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

What you don’t do can be a destructive force.

Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.

I always have confidence, whether I miss four in a row or make four in a row, that the next one’s going in. To a coach, sometimes that might not make sense.

The most important thing I can tell you about aging is this: If you really feel that you want to have an off-the-shoulder blouse and some big beads and thong sandals and a dirndl skirt and a magnolia in your hair, do it. Even if you’re wrinkled.

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

That’s the biggest gift I can give anybody: ‚Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you’re doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.‘

Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people’s lives.

You are victors, not victims!

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.

Number of people have said to me, after hearing your thinking, their mind becomes much more happier.

I just think it’s so important not to take yourself too seriously.

Who wants to leave the door open to being dominated physically by another human being? Jiu Jitsu gives you the ability to not be dominated by that person, and to me, that’s real peace of mind. I don’t have to worry about that when I’m walking around in the world.

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

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.

I’ve used my femininity and my sexuality as a weapon and a tool… but that’s just natural.

Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.

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.

I really have no interest in myself.

Fashion is here to help make people look very important. If they have good taste and choose what suits them, I give them options on how they can do that. It’s always sexy, and it’s always with the same result: making women look fantastic.

You have to be someone.

The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their growth and limits their influence.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

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

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

If we’re going to bring out the best in people, we, too, need to sow seeds of encouragement.

Skill is the unified force of experience, intellect and passion in their operation.

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

An unclean person is universally a slothful one.

I always make my dreams into goals.

Fashion is that thing that saved me from being sad.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

If your treat an individual… as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

Power is competence.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

I created myself. I have taught myself so much.

I always had faith in my creative capacity.

Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.

There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we’ve got a system that allows them to do it.