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

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

I don’t do drugs. I am drugs.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.

I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother.

All of these young people have some kind of potential in them. And if we don’t invest in them as a nation, regardless of where they come from or what color they are, if we don’t invest in them, we lose.

I was ill, and everyone could see it but me.

I am a sinner. This is the most accurate definition. It is not a figure of speech, a literary genre. I am a sinner.

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.

So let’s be honest with ourselves and not take ourselves too serious, and never condemn the other fellow for doing what we are doing every day, only in a different way.

For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.

The reason that I’m here at all is because of my relationship with my family and their encouragement of me to be a musician and to work hard. As long as I stay there in that space, I can do anything. That’s my truth.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.

It’s true my father abused me and didn’t love and protect me the way he should have, and at times it seemed no one would ever help me and it would never end. But God always had a plan for my life, and He has redeemed me.

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

Ordinary people seem not to realize that those who really apply themselves in the right way to philosophy are directly and of their own accord preparing themselves for dying and death.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

A man’s own judgment should be the final appeal in all that relates to himself.

Adventuring can be for the ordinary person with ordinary qualities, such as I regard myself.

If you don’t set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you.

I don’t want to be too critical of what other people do, but when people go back to do the same thing that they did, I’m completely confused. I’m like, ‚Didn’t you make that movie already?‘ I’ve been very fortunate, and I’m well taken care of, so the least I can do is try to go forward.

I have trouble with letting go. That’s my problem.

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

You have a nice personality, but not for a human being.

I believe in believing. My coach John Kavanagh is a big atheist, and he is always trying to persuade people to his way of thinking, and I think, ‚What a waste of energy.‘ If people want to believe in this god or that god, that’s fine by me; believe away. But I think we can be our own gods. I believe in myself.

Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men.

I have a self-defense mind. I’ve had it all my life.

I’m not a natural joiner.

Leaders in all spheres who are living with HIV should be encouraged, not coerced, to lead by example and disclose their HIV status.

A lot of people like to do certain things, but they’re not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything.

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.

In business for yourself, not by yourself.

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself.

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.

I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me.

I’m giving all that I have in this life. I’m opening up my notebook, and I’m saying everything in there out loud.

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called ‚Ego‘.

Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvelously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.

I don’t know how to live good. I only know how to suffer.

I want to represent… to the kids to draw strength from me. So they can see that everybody goes through something, but you can rise up and do your best. Just try.

Responsibility is the price of freedom.

I know nothing, except the fact of my ignorance.

By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you’re aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.

You’re looking at a middle-class guy. I am who I am.

Billy Graham is one of my great lifetime heroes. I think he epitomizes the essence of what a Christian leader should be. I have participated in some of his crusades a couple of times in Atlanta. I’ve seen the profound impact he’s had on me personally, and on other people who were not Christians and accepted Christ as Savior.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond.

No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.

At one point I learned transcendental meditation. This was 30-something years ago. It took me back to the way that I naturally was as a child growing up way in the country, rarely seeing people. I was in that state of oneness with creation and it was as if I didn’t exist except as a part of everything.

You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. Instead, it’s important for you to understand that your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.

Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

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

I got my own back.

Vanity is great motivation, to be fair.

The greatest mistake you can make in life is continually fearing that you’ll make one.

I still consider it a summer job, though. So, I try to maintain that summer job as long as I can. But it’s exciting to be able to have the opportunity to do things I always dreamed of as a kid.

I’m a genetic optimist.