Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

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

If we’re really honest with ourselves, most of us will admit that we want to impress people, and this is what’s causing us to do what we do.

Our personal intelligence is everlasting and divine.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

If you’re not ready for everything, you’re not ready for anything.

The strength of a man’s virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

I’ve learned that men and women who are living wholehearted lives really allow themselves to soften into joy and happiness. They allow themselves to experience it.

I always say the strength of democracy lies in criticism. If there is no criticism, that means there is no democracy. And if you want to grow, you must invite criticism. And I want to grow; I want to invite criticism.

Indecision may or may not be my problem.

We identify in our experience a differentiation between what we do and what happens to us.

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.

There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.

Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.

Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.

In the dim background of mind we know what we ought to be doing but somehow we cannot start.

Little by little, not by making big promises, I need to be calmer, read more, spend more time with my loved ones, and be more mindful about nature and environment.

I’m selfish.

As an athlete, you’d better laugh at yourself when you slip in the mud.

Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.

I am sure there’s going to be times when I do things wrong that no one’s going to like and everyone’s going to think I’m terrible and rubbish but I know I’m going to go through those times, and it’s just about understanding that that’s going to happen.

The idea of recognising your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.

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

To deal with individual human needs at the everyday level can be noble sometimes.

There are very few people who are going to look into the mirror and say, ‚That person I see is a savage monster;‘ instead, they make up some construction that justifies what they do.

Reform is not pleasant, but grievous; no person can reform themselves without suffering and hard work, how much less a nation.

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

It’s so easy to settle for less than God’s best for us because we don’t always feel like taking responsibility for our behavior or putting forth some effort to do what we need to do so we can accomplish great things for God and help people. But the cost of settling for less is actually harder than being completely obedient to God’s will.

Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That’s what surfers do – take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we’ve become incredibly adept technically. We’ve treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part.

Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems – most life situations are – but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?

It’s hard to be humble, when you’re as great as I am.

Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.

I’m afraid to fail again.

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

We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our education system.

All of our problems start in our minds.

Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

I do believe in the old saying, ‚What does not kill you makes you stronger.‘ Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we’ve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We’ve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.

Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.

My public is growing up just as I am. After all, I’m not 19 anymore and if I stick with the sex bit, who will be paying to see me when I’m 50?

My job is to bring out in people what they wouldn’t dare do themselves.

If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.

Being a full human being is difficult, frightening, and problematical.

If I went back to my 20-year-old self, what I would tell my 20-year-old self is, ‚You don’t know anything.‘ Because everyone, when they’re young, they think they know what’s going on in the world, and you don’t.

I’ve realized that being happy is a choice. You never want to rub anybody the wrong way or not be fun to be around, but you have to be happy. When I get logical and I don’t trust my instincts – Thats when I get in trouble.

I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.

Aim for the highest.

This above all; to thine own self be true.

I always kind of see how I want things to be better, and I’m generally not happy with how things are or the level of service that we’re providing for people or the quality of the teams that we built. But if you look at this objectively, we’re doing so well on so many of these things. I think it’s important to have gratitude for that.

The more people I reach, the more people there are that have opinions about me. Not everyone loves me, but I have to be okay no matter what they think about me.

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

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

If I can be a leader, I will.

I am trying to find myself. Sometimes that’s not easy.

We are often raised as dependents then given over to teachers. It’s experience and exploration that can transform us and lead to mastery.

I’m getting a wrinkle above my eyebrow because I just can’t stop lifting it, and I love that you know.