‚Your Erroneous Zones’ was the book that went over the top simply because I believed in it so much.

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

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

Pessimism never won any battle.

The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.

You can change your world by changing your words… Remember, death and life are in the power of the tongue.

I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.

If it wasn’t for the fun and money, I really don’t know why I’d bother.

Back in my days as a chemistry student, I used to be quite a technocrat. I was firmly convinced that scientists would have cornered God and photographed Him in color by 1951.

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

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.

I’m not very ambitious at all.

Sometimes, if you begin to sing in a halfhearted mood, you can sing yourself up the ladder. Singing will often make the heart rise.

Dear friends, we may well sing to our Beloved when it is near the time of our departure. It draws near, and as it approaches, we must not dread it, but rather thank God for it.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that’s a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

Most people do not pray; they only beg.

Human development thus far has been fueled and guided by the feeling that things could be, and are probably going to be, better.

Once you say you’re going to settle for second, that’s what happens to you in life.

Defeat doesn’t finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he’s defeated. He’s finished when he quits.

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

He shines in the second rank, who is eclipsed in the first.

Success has always been a great liar.

So much of what we do every single day is the result of habits that we have formed over time.

Building a mission and building a business go hand in hand. The primary thing that excites me is the mission. But we have always had a healthy understanding that we need to do both.

Oh, give us the man who sings at his work.

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he’ll be there.

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

If you don’t like how things are, change it! You’re not a tree.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it… Success is shy – it won’t come out while you’re watching.

I always teach myself calm and visualization stuff.

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

If you stop struggling, then you stop life.

I believe in that old adage that ‚as goes California, so goes the country.‘

I lived a sloppy life. So I took very small increments in my life. I started making my bed. I started cleaning my room. There were dishes in the sink. It started off with doing small house chores. I saw that the yard needed to be mowed. So instead of being told it needed to be mowed, I would mow it.

I don’t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.

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

If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.

The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

People always say that you can’t please everybody. I think that’s a cop-out. Why not attempt it? ‚Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.

I am a walking piece of art every day, with my dreams and my ambitions forward at all times in an effort to inspire my fans to lead their life in that way.

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone.

I was always trying – I never wanted to let my fans down; I always wanted them to see me in my art form.

Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.

I give opinions, not advice.

The greatest difficulty always comes right before the birth of a dream.

Once you start a working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

The man who is dissatisfied with himself, what can he do?

My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you’re moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.