When a country has the skill and self-confidence to take action against its biggest problems, it makes outsiders eager to be a part of it.

It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.

Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

I worked with someone who told me they’d never like me. But for some reason, I just felt like I needed her approval. So I started changing myself to please her. It made me stop being social and friendly. I was so unhappy.

Thought is the parent of the deed.

Some people, through luck and skill, end up with a lot of assets. If you’re good at kicking a ball, writing software, investing in stocks, it pays extremely well.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

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

If you don’t stand your ground, then all that happens is people push you backwards.

Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.

Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we – we own this country. We – we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

I have always thought I was the best ever player.

All the blood is drained out of democracy – it dies – when only half the population votes.

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Narrative is linear, but action has breadth and depth as well as height and is solid.

Canada is a balloon-puncturing country. You are not really allowed to be an icon unless you also make an idiot of yourself.

There are people out there who hate me and who say I’m arrogant, vain, and whatever. That’s all part of my success. I am made to be the best.

The American people are bigger than any president. I suppose I have faith in my country and in what it is founded on and the values we hold dear.

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

When I was a young kid, I did not even dream about playing for my country. It was such a farfetched thing to play for India.

During the second half of the twentieth century, I had the privilege of living through years of intensive erudition, and I realized that Canadians, located in the northernmost region of this hemisphere, were always respectful towards our country.

I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

This is a world of action, and not for moping and droning in.

The ‚free-floating intellectual‘ may occupy himself with problems because of their inherent interest and importance, perhaps to little effect.

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.

Meditation is to get insight, to get understanding and compassion, and when you have them, you are compelled to act.

With a tree, all the growth takes place at the growing tips. Humanity is exactly the same. All the growth takes place in the growing tip: among that one percent of the population. It’s made up of pioneers, the beginners. That’s where the action is.

If you want to conquer fear, don’t sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

Action is character.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

I am not afraid of saying something and going and pursuing it. That’s it. I see it in my mind. I say it out loud. I go and do it.

Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.

Football coaches don’t have real problems.

I want kids to know: Don’t wait for somebody to come along and tell you you’re special. Because that may never happen.

I think, a lot of times when you meet someone, you feel like you need to appear like you’re not interested in them so that they’ll be more interested in you. But what happens when you start showing him that you actually like him? What’s he gonna do then? Play the tape forward; how do you keep a guy like that? I don’t want to sign up for that.

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.

I still think I am the greatest.

Prayer is not an old woman’s idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

I’m not afraid to look like an idiot.

Key is never be afraid of being yourself. Never!

That’s why I hate to get started in these jam sessions. I’m always the last one to leave.

Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Emotion creates reality, reality demands action.

Calm mind brings inner strength and self-confidence, so that’s very important for good health.

I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them.

Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction.

I’m odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

I want the world to see my body.

The solutions to our problems are and always will be based upon universal, timeless, self-evident principles common to every enduring, prospering society throughout history.

My government is working for the common man. Our priority is the poor of the country. We want good governance through a dynamic and seamless government.

Some guys look better as they get older.

The time is always right to do what is right.

None of us has any personal interest above the interests of the country. Our country is more important than our careers.

I see myself as the best footballer in the world. If you don’t believe you are the best, then you will never achieve all that you are capable of.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

People who boast about their I.Q. are losers.