Whenever things go a bit sour in a job I’m doing, I always tell myself, ‚You can do better than this.‘

I think that as you grow up, as you get older, we can’t get bitter, we can’t get jaded.

No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

On Sundays when I speak, I hopefully give somebody something that they can use the next day at work or at home.

Alas! You complain that your soul is out of tune. Then ask the Master to tune the heart-strings.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.

I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.

In war there is no prize for runner-up.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.

Any man may be in good spirits and good temper when he’s well dressed. There ain’t much credit in that.

If you’re in a workplace you don’t like right now, be encouraged because God will use it for your good. Think about it this way: He wants you to be a light in the darkness – and He’s putting His confidence in you!

My only fault is that I don’t realize how great I really am.

Power is the measure of the degree of control you have over circumstances in your life and the actions of the people around you. It is a skill that is developed by a deep understanding of human nature, of what truly motivates people, and of the manipulations necessary for advancement and protection.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

In pop music, the public usually see the results – the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours – but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won’t make it.

You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear brethren, and boast in the Lord.

Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.

About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends.

To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.

The big question about how people behave is whether they’ve got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

I don’t want to hear the word ‚can’t.‘

Wherever the enemy wants to fight, we will follow him to the ends of the Earth. We’ll adapt, we’ll train, we’ll advise, we’ll mentor, and we’ll fight, and we’ll fight well.

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

Quitting doesn’t enter my mind.

I don’t want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, ‚Wow, you’ve done a great job.‘

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Become aware of your own insufficiency.

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?

He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can’t find them, make them.

I know the blessing of having a dad who played 16 years in the league. That experience, and seeing him as an example, let me know that it’s possible. It’s not easy, but it’s possible.

There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

People want you to fail.

They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited ‚first chapters‘. I have indeed written many.

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Saints can be happy under every circumstance.

I always tell young girls, surround yourself with goodness. I learned early on how to get the haters out of my life.

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don’t.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.

Youth is happy because it has the ability to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you.

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?‘

It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.

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

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.