What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.

You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

This soul, or life within us, by no means agrees with the life outside us. If one has the courage to ask her what she thinks, she is always saying the very opposite to what other people say.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.

Remember that life’s big changes rarely give advance warning.

I wasn’t that great a chef, and I don’t think I’m that great a writer.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

You may make some mistakes – but that doesn’t make you a sinner. You’ve got the very nature of God on the inside of you.

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

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

All my life I’ve been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.

Early on in my life, I had a broken soul. I was abused by my father, abandoned by my mother and ended up in a destructive first marriage. By the time I was 23, I was broken in my soul. I didn’t know how to think right. I felt wrong about everything. But God stepped into my life, and I came out on the other side and didn’t even smell like smoke.

Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice… No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.

I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb… and I also know that I’m not blonde.

Become aware of your own insufficiency.

We should seek the greatest value of our action.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun.

You have to be smart. The easy days are over.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

I’m mortified to be on the stage, but then again, it’s the only place where I’m happy.

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.

I admire people who destroy themselves.

When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‚em, ‚Certainly I can!‘ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

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.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

The only difference between Benito and Bad Bunny is 16 million followers on Instagram. And the money that Bad Bunny has in the bank. Benito had, like, $7. The numbers are different, but I’m still the same. Even my insecurities remain the same.

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

You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.

A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student.

I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all.

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

We should take care not to make the intellect our goal; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.

For me, money is not my definition of success. Inspiring people is a definition of success.

You cannot see the changes that you’re dreaming about, because they’re internal.

The spirit becomes free only when it ceases to be a support.

Man can alter his life by altering his thinking.

I want people to draw strength from me.

I’m over being a pop star. I don’t wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I’ve accomplished a lot. I feel like I’m highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.

It’s hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure.

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

I’ve done a lot of things I’m not proud of, such as getting my girlfriend pregnant when I was 23 and the way I handled that.

When there’s so much left to do, why spend your time focusing on things you’ve already done, counting trophies or telling stories about the good old days?

Freedom comes only to those who no longer ask of life that it shall yield them any of those personal goods that are subject to the mutations of time.

God didn’t make me to make movies, flex muscles, buy gold. What you love the most becomes your God… If I never make another dollar, my life is complete.

To be able to look back upon ones life in satisfaction, is to live twice.

Sure, I can get a little bit jealous. The good part about jealousy is that it comes from passion. It’s also the dangerous part and it’s an ugly emotion that hurts.

Yeah, I like to keep myself interested – I’ll kind of throw myself into some area that I don’t completely know or understand, that I’m not adept at, so I’m forced to swim in order to stay afloat. There’s a good feeling that comes from that.

I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.