The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

We all self-conscious. I’m just the first to admit it.

Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.

It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.

I have offended God and mankind because my work didn’t reach the quality it should have.

Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

If you have fear, you are bound by tradition, you follow some leader or guru. When you are bound by tradition, when you are afraid of your husband or your wife, you lose your dignity as an individual human being.

Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice.

My goal is to entertain myself and others.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th‘ observer’s sake.

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

Teach me to feel another’s woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.

There are no constraints on the human mind, no walls around the human spirit, no barriers to our progress except those we ourselves erect.

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.

To know oneself, one should assert oneself.

There are hunters, and there are victims. By your discipline, cunning, obedience, and alertness, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

I can’t tell anybody else how to run their life or their business, but I really believe I’ve got a good bead on myself.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential.

I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.

Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

To meditate means to go home to yourself. Then you know how to take care of the things that are happening inside you, and you know how to take care of the things that happen around you.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

I’m not in it for fame. I’ve been famous in the streets already.

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

Life is the childhood of our immortality.

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That’s why I started in with the props.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

He knows my limitations and where I’m a good wife and a good mom.

Get mad, then get over it.

Never complain and never explain.

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

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Always remember that others may hate you but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

Absolutely not. I have no problem with commitment. In fact, I love having someone in my life.

I know that I’m not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don’t know how not to.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery’s shadow or reflection: the fact that you don’t merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.

It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.

Move out of your comfort zone. You can only grow if you are willing to feel awkward and uncomfortable when you try something new.

You can be happy where you are.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

I don’t have emotional needs, only physical ones.

Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.

Responsibility, I believe, accrues through privilege.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

You’re just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You’ve got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It’s all down to you, mate.

Transformation literally means going beyond your form.

It is a great shock at the age of five or six to find that in a world of Gary Coopers you are the Indian.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.