Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be.

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

I can imagine it’s hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn’t know.

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues.

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

I was so ashamed of who I was.

Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we ourselves.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I’m praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I’m grateful that I’m heard.

When you get to a place where you understand that love and belonging, your worthiness, is a birthright and not something you have to earn, anything is possible.

It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.

The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.

When you make a mistake and the devil comes and tells you ‚You’re no good,‘ you don’t have to take on the guilt and condemnation he wants to put on you. No! You can immediately confess your mistake to God, thank Him for forgiving you and cleansing you with the blood of Jesus, and move forward in the victory of His grace and forgiveness.

There is no real limit to how much better a person who really commits to getting better can get. Every manager has the potential to become an excellent manager for the rest of his or her career.

I keep working because I learn something new all the time.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I’d have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

I’ll never, ever be full. I’ll always be hungry. Obviously, I’m not talking about food. Growing up, I had nothing for such a long time. Someone told me a long time ago, and I’ve never forgotten it, ‚Once you’ve ever been hungry, really, really hungry, then you’ll never, ever be full.‘

It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.

The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over their life.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

The day you stop doing the small things is the day you think you’re above everybody else.

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.

I just do the best I can and write something interesting, to tell stories in an interesting way and move forward from there.

I don’t do things for the response or for the controversy. I just live my life.

Just because something didn’t work out your way, or somebody disappointed you, that does not change who you are.

The pleasure of work is open to anyone who can develop some specialised skill, provided that he can get satisfaction from the exercise of his skill without demanding universal applause.

I’ve never been one to sit back and go, ‚I’d better do what the audience wants me to do, because I don’t want to lose them.‘

Most of one’s life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking.

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.

I kinda live where I find myself.

Character is determined more by the lack of certain experiences than by those one has had.

I don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.

It is always your next move.

I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don’t have any flaws.

If virtue promises happiness, prosperity and peace, then progress in virtue is progress in each of these for to whatever point the perfection of anything brings us, progress is always an approach toward it.

I figured that if I said it enough, I would convince the world that I really was the greatest.

I’m sure a lot of people out there make mistakes.

It’s not fun to get out of bed early in the morning. When the alarm goes off, it doesn’t sing you a song: it hits you in the head with a baseball bat. So how do you respond to that? Do you crawl underneath your covers and hide? Or do you get up, get aggressive, and attack the day?

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.

It’s a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.

I don’t want to make money; I want to make a difference.

He not busy being born is busy dying.

It’s an offseason. These days are valuable for everybody.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

You have to be willing to go to war with yourself and create a whole new identity.

To accuse others for one’s own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one’s education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one’s education is complete.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

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.

Power is competence.

I’m fat, but I’m thin inside… there’s a thin man inside every fat man.

Anyone can have a good day, but you have to be able to perform on a bad day.

They know enough who know how to learn.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!

My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.

I don’t have to be what you want me to be.

We dissect failure a lot more than we dissect success.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.