We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.

We can have no ’50-50′ allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.

I don’t know who I would have been if I never watched MotoGP.

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

Hatred is self-punishment.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

I’ve read a lot of books on the laws of attraction, and in my home, I have a big book on Muhammad Ali, which I’ve read because he is, like, a hero of mine, but other than that, no, I’m not a big reader.

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.

There are a lot of people who don’t know me and what I am all about.

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.‘

I’ve had no problem harnessing anger.

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.

A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.

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

Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, but just to watch it and move with it. In that watching, you begin to understand the whole movement of thought and feeling. And out of this awareness comes silence.

I think women want freedom. They want to be empowered. They want hope. They want love; they want all the things that I want, and I’m not afraid to say those things and act on them, and I think that’s why they identify with me.

An alcoholic is someone you don’t like who drinks as much as you do.

We may define therapy as a search for value.

I’m tender on the inside.

I used to stutter really badly. Everybody thinks it’s funny. And it’s not funny. It’s not.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Every man’s memory is his private literature.

I understand aggressiveness in only one way: being prepared to hurt yourself, not someone else.

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

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’m a genetic optimist.

The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.

I don’t really get nervous that much, or if I do, only I know. It’s all inside me. I am good at hiding everything.

Don’t ever criticize yourself. Don’t go around all day long thinking, ‚I’m unattractive, I’m slow, I’m not as smart as my brother.‘ God wasn’t having a bad day when he made you… If you don’t love yourself in the right way, you can’t love your neighbour. You can’t be as good as you are supposed to be.

One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others.

I’m like a recovering perfectionist. For me it’s one day at a time.

I saw a picture of myself when I came out of the hospital. I didn’t recognize myself.

Girls we love for what they are; young men for what they promise to be.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.

The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.

I just have always felt that people don’t change, circumstances change.

The things that transfixed you as a child, that you found most exciting was not a passing fancy, but a message about what you’re supposed to do.

Don’t only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

More compassionate mind, more sense of concern for other’s well-being, is source of happiness.

There’s an inherent danger in letting people think that they have perfected something. When they believe they’ve ‚nailed it,‘ most people tend to sit back and rest on their laurels while countless others will be labouring furiously to better their work!

I approach love differently now that I know it’s hard for it to work out.

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

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

I’m not concerned with people seeing me in a certain way. Some people see me as a kid, some people see me as an adult. But I’m seriously not going to complain how anybody sees me, as long as they see me.

It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves.

I’ve done some analysis of the biblical stories as part of my psychological work. I knew that I had more to do, and every time I’ve done it, it’s been extremely valuable. It makes me a better teacher because I have a richer understanding of cultural history.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

The hardest thing to see is what is in front of your eyes.

When you love and accept yourself, when you know who really cares about you, and when you learn from your mistakes, then you stop caring about what people who don’t know you think.

I think that we have opportunities all around us – sometimes we just don’t recognize them.

Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action.

I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep whatever everybody is doing.

I’ve done the bad-boy thing. It was fun for a good three months. But the thing about bad boys is, you have to keep in mind, you’re never gonna marry a bad boy.

Every time you think the problem is ‚out there,‘ that very thought is the problem.

Growing up in the place I did I never was aware of any other option but to question everything.

The first step in a person’s salvation is knowledge of their sin.