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

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Some people would like me to be round again.

Understand this law and you will then know, beyond room for the slightest doubt, that you are constantly punishing yourself for every wrong you commit and rewarding yourself for every act of constructive conduct in which you indulge.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

I wonder how many times people give up just before a breakthrough – when they are on the very brink of success.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

I played a great horse yesterday! It took seven horses to beat him.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee. Prayer and pains, through faith in Christ Jesus, will do anything.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

If you live only in one culture for the first 20 years of your life, you become conditioned without knowing it.

The spirit is there in every boy; it has to be discovered and brought to light.

The 14th Amendment was recognized right away to be problematic. The concept of person was both too narrow and too broad, and the courts went to work to overcome both of those flaws.

Life is a journey. When we stop, things don’t go right.

Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.

In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

I like to recede away from classifications. You might say that indicates a fundamental lack of commitment. I suppose that’s true to some degree.

Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

People don’t usually compliment your character.

There are two ways of exerting one’s strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with ‚Rocky,‘ so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.

You can’t think; you just gotta do things.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

These words dropped into my childish mind as if you should accidentally drop a ring into a deep well. I did not think of them much at the time, but there came a day in my life when the ring was fished up out of the well, good as new.

Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.

No crime is so great as daring to excel.

I’m a genetic optimist.

Now, you lose something in your life, or you come into a conflict, and there’s gonna come a time that you’re gonna know: There was a reason for that. And at the end of your life, all the things you thought were periods, they turn out to be commas. There was never a full stop in any of it.

I don’t feel pressure in a negative way. I like pressure. I feel excitement and calm at the same time. No pressure, no diamonds. I want pressure: pressure creates drama, creates emotion.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

It’s easier to resist at the beginning than at the end.

If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.

People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.

The devil is a peace stealer, and he works hard to set us up to get upset. But we can learn how to change our approach so we don’t live upset all of the time. And Jesus gives us the best example to follow.

In the child, consciousness rises out of the depths of unconscious psychic life, at first like separate islands, which gradually unite to form a ‚continent,‘ a continuous landmass of consciousness. Progressive mental development means, in effect, extension of consciousness.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.

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

When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there’s a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we’re going to see things through to the finish or quit.

It’s true my father abused me and didn’t love and protect me the way he should have, and at times it seemed no one would ever help me and it would never end. But God always had a plan for my life, and He has redeemed me.

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall.

I remember, when I was a young guy in the SEAL teams, I was very afraid of making mistakes and looking stupid or doing dumb things and getting a bad reputation.

My philosophy is it’s none of my business what people say of me and think of me. I am what I am, and I do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. And it makes life so much easier.

I had the classic 40 meltdown. I did. It’s embarrassing. It was pretty funny. But then I recovered. To me, it was like a second adolescence. Hormonally, my body was changing, my mind was changing, and so my relationship to myself and the world around me came to this assault of finiteness.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You’re always helping people.

I don’t believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.

You can never really live anyone else’s life, not even your child’s. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you’ve become yourself.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.

I’m not a natural performer or exhibitionist. When I was younger, I hated the focus, and it made me feel strange.