You’ll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

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

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Compared to what we ought to be, we are half awake.

With realization of one’s own potential and self-confidence in one’s ability, one can build a better world.

If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.

These things bring you to reality as to how fragile you are; at the same moment you are doing something that nobody else is able to do. The same moment that you are seen as the best, the fastest and somebody that cannot be touched, you are enormously fragile.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

We work to become, not to acquire.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

I didn’t like the way I looked in pictures – when I saw myself on a digital camera, I was like, ‚Eesh.‘

One of my favorite philosophical tenets is that people will agree with you only if they already agree with you. You do not change people’s minds.

We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality.

I do not abuse players. I talk to myself; I abuse myself. It’s my way of letting off steam. I do it after every century; I do not do it always. I keep telling myself: ‚Improve, improve from the previous match, the previous shot. You can do it.‘

What you don’t do can be a destructive force.

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men.

I’m just an individual who doesn’t feel that I need to have somebody qualify my work in any particular way. I’m working for me.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.

There are many harsh lessons to be learned from the gambling experience, but the harshest one of all is the difference between having Fun and being Smart.

Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people’s children and publicly admit they can do better are asking for it.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.

Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

I believe that a trusting attitude and a patient attitude go hand in hand. You see, when you let go and learn to trust God, it releases joy in your life. And when you trust God, you’re able to be more patient. Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.

It’s a philosophy of life. A practice. If you do this, something will change, what will change is that you will change, your life will change, and if you can change you, you can perhaps change the world.

I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

There are going to be things I’m not going to be great at, times when I make mistakes, 100%.

The moment the alarm goes off is the first test; it sets the tone for the rest of the day. The test is not a complex one: when the alarm goes off, do you get up out of bed, or do you lie there in comfort and fall back to sleep? If you have the discipline to get out of bed, you win – you pass the test.

You’ve got to invest in the world, you’ve got to read, you’ve got to go to art galleries, you’ve got to find out the names of plants. You’ve got to start to love the world and know about the whole genius of the human race. We’re amazing people.

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.

I created myself. I have taught myself so much.

The need to be right is the sign of a vulgar mind.

That is my wish, hope, instruction for all of you: Take your education seriously, okay? Always do that. Because I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my education.

When people are around us, they should leave better off than they were previously. Rather than feeling discouraged or defeated, people should feel challenged and inspired after spending any time with you and me.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

Ego is only fine when it is working for your motivation.

I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.

Once you start doing only what you’ve already proven you can do, you’re on the road to death.

These are the soul’s changes. I don’t believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.

I have never been bewildered for long in any fight with our enemies – I was Armed with Insight.

Whatever work you do, you think are you doing this for the good of the nation? That’s the basic training. The other basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined. The other thing they say is what work you get, do it well.

With patient and firm determination, I am going to press on for jobs. I’m going to press on for equality. I’m going to press on for the sake of our children. I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on.

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

You can never get enough of what you don’t want.

It is not living that matters, but living rightly.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.

You must do the things you think you cannot do.

Self-actualized people are independent of the good opinion of others.

Think and grow rich.

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

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.

I think it’s OK to be confident in yourself.

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

You can have no dominion greater or less than that over yourself.

Thoughts are mental energy; they’re the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don’t want.

I don’t mind making jokes, but I don’t want to look like one.