Well, I wouldn’t say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

If something can corrupt you, you’re corrupted already.

People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views, we are free and we don’t suffer anymore.

I think writing really helps you heal yourself. I think if you write long enough, you will be a healthy person. That is, if you write what you need to write, as opposed to what will make money, or what will make fame.

Mr. T. been to chemo, Mr. T been to radiation, hair fall out… but he’s back. Now I can give hope when I go to the hospital, see the sick kids with cancer, tell them, don’t quit.

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

I’m sure the feeling of fear, as long as you can take advantage of it and not be rendered useless by it, can make you extend yourself beyond what you would regard as your capacity. If you’re afraid, the blood seems to flow freely through the veins, and you really do feel a sense of stimulation.

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

If you’re not careful to think and speak words of faith, worry will creep in, and it will not only steal your peace and joy, it will steal your ‚today.‘ The present is the greatest gift God ever gives us. So hold on to the peace that’s yours in Christ. Don’t let it go.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

You know, not to sound corny or nuthin‘, but I felt like a fighter comin‘ up, man. I felt like, you know, I’m being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this.

What is a fear of living? It’s being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself – for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don’t know what you’re here to do, then just do some good.

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

When you tell a recruiter that you’re almost 300 pounds and you want to be a SEAL, it doesn’t go too well. I got hung up on a lot.

Little things affect little minds.

In all my work, I try to say – ‚You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?‘

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

I feel you’re in charge of your own situation.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It’s something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, ‚How did you get to where you’re at today? How did you get to where you’re running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?‘

I feel confident imposing change on myself. It’s a lot more fun progressing than looking back. That’s why I need to throw curve balls.

Words are powerful; if you change your words, you can change your life.

I’m about being the best.

Judgements prevent us from seeing the good that lies beyond appearances.

Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state.

I fear that there are too many priesthood bearers who have done little or nothing to develop their ability to access the powers of Heaven.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.

Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I’ve changed my mind about a lot of things over the years.

Does anybody really think that they didn’t get what they had because they didn’t have the talent or the strength or the endurance or the commitment?

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

I could never identify with that word, ‚weak.‘

There are no second acts in American lives.

Let go of yesterday.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.

I think a big test we all face in life on a regular basis is that discouragement test. Life’s not always fair, but I believe if you keep doing the right thing, God will get you to where you are.

It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but yet there is hope. I usually feel more dissatisfied with my prayers than with anything else I do.

I always believe that there should come a time when your energy, speed, stamina should combine well with your brains.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life.

Our Creator expects His children everywhere to educate themselves.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

It is better to do one’s own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect.

We can improve our relationships with others by leaps and bounds if we become encouragers instead of critics.

For a highly motivated learner, it’s not like knowledge is secret and somehow the Internet made it not secret. It just made knowledge easy to find. If you’re a motivated enough learner, books are pretty good.

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

I really believe in the philosophy that you create your own universe. I’m just trying to create a good one for myself.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment.

Fear clogs; faith liberates.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.