Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.

Yeah, I was a delinquent. It was when I was in the ninth grade. I was doing stupid stuff, and the cops came into the class. I was humiliated more than anything.

When I was a child, I was very poor and wanted everything. So when I got money, I began buying things.

To me, my house is always recreating what I lost in youth.

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

A man must now swallow more belief than he can digest.

Millions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.

Of course there are moments that you wonder how long you should be doing it because there are other aspects which are not nice, of this lifestyle. But I just love winning.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

You can never get enough of what you don’t want.

I change during the course of a day. I wake and I’m one person, and when I go to sleep I know for certain I’m somebody else.

Instead of blaming everyone and everything else for your problems, pray for God to help you take an inventory of what’s been on your mind so you can think about what you’ve been thinking about.

No one knows Anne’s better side, and that’s why most people can’t stand me. Oh, I can be an amusing clown for an afternoon, but after that, everyone’s had enough of me to last a month.

First, I’m trying to prove to myself that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll convince myself that I’m an actress.

There’s something about being in front of a live audience that’s fun. It’s a really interesting, very electric, very alive, and intense experience, and you can’t get it anywhere else. And I’ve been doing it since I was 23, so it’s part of my being – it’s part of my fabric as a person.

When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself.

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

I made a decision when my father passed away that I was going to be who God made me to be and not try to preach like my father.

I’m very, very serious – I’m serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to the moment. But when I leave that moment, I want to be completely wedded to the next moment.

To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

Whenever you are angry, be assured that it is not only a present evil, but that you have increased a habit.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

I have never given adoration to any body except myself.

We’ve been programmed, from the time that we were very, very little, about what we can’t do – about what is impossible.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

The people of Northern Ireland have sorted out my whole life.

I want you to be everything that’s you, deep at the center of your being.

If every choice you make comes from an honest place, you’re solid, and nothing anybody can say about you can rock you or change your opinion.

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

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves.

Everything I read about hitting a midlife crisis was true. I had such a struggle letting go of youthful things and learning how to exist and have enthusiasm while settling into the comfort of an older age.

Most people already know what they’re doing wrong. When I get them to church I want to tell them that you can change.

How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

I’d like to be known for more than being the guy in the big suit.

Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.

I like to recede away from classifications. You might say that indicates a fundamental lack of commitment. I suppose that’s true to some degree.

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.

‚Love Story‘ is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn’t like him. All of them!

I’m tired. I’m tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I’m tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war.

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

The people in my songs are all me.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Healthy discontent is the prelude to progress.

Ambition has become a dirty word, and I believe it is a great evolutionary force for the positive. If people fail or go astray in their ambition I can live with it but not with people lowering their expectations, wasting time, slacking off and glorifying failure and stupidity.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.

Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. But mankind wasn’t always so lucky. Less than a century ago, men and women did not have easy access to the puzzle boxes within them.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.

You don’t have to give way to careless speech or complaining. You don’t have to let your feelings get in the way of what God wants to do in your life.

Learning about climate change triggered my depression in the first place. But it was also what got me out of my depression, because there were things I could do to improve the situation. I don’t have time to be depressed anymore.

Thinking is a wonderful tool if it’s applied. Thinking, however, can not become the master. Thinking is a very bad master. If you’re dominated by thinking then your life becomes very restricted.

You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

As a kid, I’d go into the bathroom when I was having a tantrum. I’d be in the bathroom crying, studying myself in the mirror. I was preparing for future roles.

Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.

We are wiser than we know.

I try not to think about my life. I have no life. I need therapy.

I didn’t leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.

One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it’s fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

I’m never going to be fast, and nobody will ever mistake me for being fast.