There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another.

Action expresses priorities.

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.

As you think, so shall you become.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‚to do‘ list.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

My goals are so high that I don’t have time to relax in any way, shape or form.

If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

Education doesn’t change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.

Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children.

Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.

When I was 50 years old, I actually decided to draw up a list of half a dozen things that I really hadn’t done very well, and I was going to make efforts to improve. One of them was skiing, and I really did become a very much better skier.

When you play sports like tennis, you’re alone, and that’s a good school for life, but it’s also a good school for life to bring your best and make those around you better, too – helping others in difficult moments.

I’m a big believer in doing things that make you uncomfortable. So, we live in a world where we want to be as comfortable as we can. And we wonder why we have no growth. We wonder why – when the smallest thing in our life gets difficult – we wonder why we cower and we run away.

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.

Fires can’t be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

Whenever I counsel someone who feels called to be an evangelist, I always urge them to guard their time and not feel like they have to do everything.

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.

Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.

I’m always afraid of failing. I have to quiet that fear if I’m going to get up in the morning.

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.

Get mad, then get over it.

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn’t matter. I’m not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for.

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

Sometimes I’m a bit under-aggressive and sometimes a bit over. But I think it’s good to have both.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

I think beating myself up sometimes and knowing I am not happy when I do it makes me work harder to do a good job.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

If you even dream of beating me you’d better wake up and apologize.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

It’s a piece of cake until you get to the top. You find you can’t stop playing the game the way you’ve always played it.

Training and resting takes up most of my time.

Tears shed for self are tears of weakness, but tears shed for others are a sign of strength.

It’s more interesting for me to figure out how to be superior in areas where I’m naive, where I’m a novice.

Everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching.

If you deserve it, go get it.

If you want to be a good writer, be the best writer in the world. That’s what I’ve done.

I built a label at the same time I built a career.

A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks he becomes.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

Either you’re the one erasing or you’re the one being erased.

There are a lot of ‚chicken Christians.‘ Chickens are generally afraid of life, and they seldom fly or reach their potential in life. And when a storm comes, all they seem to do is flap around the chicken yard, stirring up dirt and running to the chicken house.

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

When you are offended at any man’s fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.

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

To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner’s inquest.

We live in a time-crunched world, and just about everything we do seems to be urgent.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.