You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.

A hustler has to deal with danger and risk. It’s part of the game. You cannot control it all, nor would you want to. Chaos, unknown factors are not something to be anxious about.

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

In a magazine, one can get – from cover to cover – 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

There are alway going to be bad things. But you can write it down and make a song out of it.

I don’t have the best track record with quotes.

A lot of dreams can turn to nightmares… if you don’t really work them.

I can handle pain.

Do what you love. Know your own bone; gnaw at it, bury it, unearth it, and gnaw it still.

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.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.

I worked out early on to give up things I couldn’t do well at all.

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.

Never mistake motion for action.

The secret of happiness is this: let your interests be as wide as possible, and let your reactions to the things and persons that interest you be as far as possible friendly rather than hostile.

If I had a talent, it was for looking askew at everything, possibly more than my contemporaries. But I had to really push myself to be a writer.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

There is nothing wrong with America that faith, love of freedom, intelligence, and energy of her citizens cannot cure.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

I believe that when you think of the negative, and you get up discouraged – ‚There’s nothing good in my future‘ – I really believe it almost ties the hands of God. God works where there’s an attitude of faith. I believe faith is all about hope.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

One of the things I realized is that if you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list, your kids fall lower and lower on your list.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation.

I just get annoyed at myself. A lot of swearing goes on generally when I am driving.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

The frontier between hell and heaven is only the difference between two ways of looking at things.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

I have always thought I was the best ever player.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it’s usually lousy.

If you try to protect yourself from pain, it becomes a stone in your heart. But the more you learn to face things, the more likely that stone can become a pearl.

Although the life of a person is in a land full of thorns and weeds, there is always a space in which the good seed can grow. You have to trust God.

I never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.

I’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‚I’m a Christian.‘ I always think, ‚Already? You’ve already got it?‘ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96.

So many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

To be a monk is to have time to practice for your transformation and healing. And after that to help with the transformation and healing of other people.

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

I was in my late thirties when my eyes were opened to truth in God’s Word that showed me I wasn’t living the abundant life Jesus died for me to have. I had a very negative mindset and was miserable most of the time because of the abuse I had experienced throughout my childhood.

Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

I try to teach my heart not to want things it can’t have.

Everyone must be proactive and do all they can to help themselves to stay employed.

Your Highest Self only wants you to be at peace. It does not judge, compare, or demand that you defeat anyone or be better than anyone.

Set up a situation that presents you with something slightly beyond your reach.

Have the humility to learn from those around you.

In difficult times, we’re not supposed to quit believing; we’re not supposed to quit growing.

I don’t feel too much pressure. I only see an opportunity.

The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large.

Cowardice… is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

Small aim is a crime.

Be a player; don’t play yourself. And don’t play basketball. That’s not your sport, Jeb Bush.

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life – to be happy – it’s all that matters.