Your life must be a progression towards ownership – first mentally of your independence, and then physically of your work, owning what you produce.

I’m 31 now. I think I’m beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that’s one of the hardest things to do because you don’t always know exactly where you’re going, and you shouldn’t.

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.

I grew up cursing a lot.

I like to work and am a focused person.

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

We do not need the empire to give us anything.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

Change is always tough. Even for those who see themselves as agents of change, the process of starting a new thing can cause times of disorientation, uncertainty and insecurity.

My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they’re going to do for the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking.

No one can give you better advice than yourself.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

Be Prepared… the meaning of the motto is that a scout must prepare himself by previous thinking out and practicing how to act on any accident or emergency so that he is never taken by surprise.

I already am a product.

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

I’m not really book-smart.

I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them.

I’ve learned through my own relationship with God that He’s not expecting me to be perfect; He wants me to do my best to be in His will and take steps of faith as He leads me, through His Word and the promptings He speaks to my heart.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

For me, it’s enough that I have the first and last word.

We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.

Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I’ve changed my mind about a lot of things over the years.

That’s the biggest gift I can give anybody: ‚Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you’re doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.‘

I’m grateful to intelligent people. That doesn’t mean educated. That doesn’t mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call ‚mother wit‘ means intelligence that you had in your mother’s womb. That’s what you rely on. You know what’s right to do.

I don’t see myself as ever being like anybody else.

I always believe that there should come a time when your energy, speed, stamina should combine well with your brains.

Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.

Success has always been a great liar.

If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

You can’t be happy by doing something groovy.

I don’t see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that’s almost inconceivable.

Once someone has spent enough time cultivating bad habits and biding their time, they are much diminished. Much of what they could have been has dissipated.

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

The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members.

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.

Talent is something that comes from within; it has nothing to do with age.

My upbringing was solid because of the people I had around me.

I always make my dreams into goals.

The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.

The bottom line is, when people are crystal clear about the most important priorities of the organization and team they work with and prioritized their work around those top priorities, not only are they many times more productive, they discover they have the time they need to have a whole life.

One’s past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

When you’re around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it’s not strange, it’s just Gaga.

If what you did yesterday seems big, you haven’t done anything today.

The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get.

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

Energy begets energy.

Our brains are either our greatest assets or our greatest liabilities.

Intelligent people should learn from their experiences. With people on the street, the bad experience has beaten them.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.

Courage – you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn’t want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself.

My theory is 98 percent of all human endeavor is killing time.

Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.

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