The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately… you usually don’t use it at all. It uses you.

Your greatest asset is your earning ability. Your greatest resource is your time.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

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.

I have a hard time figuring out what kind of box to put me in, too, because I don’t know exactly what’s going on around me or why. But I need to stay outside of boxes because then I can look at what’s inside of them without being part of them.

Don’t be dependent. At all. Ever. Period.

But for me to have the opportunity to stand in front of a bunch of executives and present myself, I had to hustle in my own way. I can’t tell you how frustrating it was that they didn’t get that. No joke – I’d leave meetings crying all the time.

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things.

If you want small changes in your life, work on your attitude. But if you want big and primary changes, work on your paradigm.

Every human has four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change.

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

There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‚That person I see is a savage monster;‘ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.

The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.

The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don’t know if I’ll ever be as good a dad as my dad.

Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not ‚yours,‘ not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes and goes is you.

Everything’s intentional. It’s just filling in the dots.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

So when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they’re gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives. Without it, they may never know their values or how to keep their newfound wealth in perspective.

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.

My ‚fear‘ is my substance, and probably the best part of me.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other’s faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb… and I also know that I’m not blonde.

The people who truly know me know what I’m like. There have been people who try to say things that aren’t fair, and I check them. And then they don’t like me because I checked them.

Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

I don’t crave applause. I’m not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I’m much more alive at home, I think.

I think I’ve developed, as many people do, this sense of, ‚Don’t say the wrong thing, or else people will point at you and laugh.‘

There’s not a note of mine that’s worth the noting.

Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I’m doing, I always tell myself, ‚You can do better than this.‘

If you begin to understand what you are without trying to change it, then what you are undergoes a transformation.

I’m getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just can’t stop lifting it, and I love that you know.

Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.

Fame doesn’t fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.

Testing oneself is best when done alone.

Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.

I like working. That’s when I’m feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.

People who do not know how to laugh are always pompous and self-conceited.

We are wiser than we know.

I have great respect for the past. If you don’t know where you’ve come from, you don’t know where you’re going. I have respect for the past, but I’m a person of the moment. I’m here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I’m at, then I go forward to the next place.

Hatred is self-punishment.

Better is the enemy of good.

I started playing violin in the 5th grade. They had a program in school where you could get out of class to go play instruments. So I raised my hand, left out of class, me and a bunch of my homeboys, just to get out of class for that day. They asked what instrument you wanted to play and I picked the violin.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

As a lifestyle you always being the focal point is innately unhealthy.

I think my worst problem is actually living in the moment and understanding everything that’s going on. I feel like I’m in my own bubble.

Know your worth! People always act like they’re doing more for you than you’re doing for them.

I do believe in self-help.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Perfectionism is not the same thing as striving to be our best. Perfectionism is not about healthy achievement and growth; it’s a shield.

This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

Become aware of your own insufficiency.

I need to keep working on myself for a while.

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.

Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.