All my adult life people have been helping me.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

As a young kid, I really wanted to be rich.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

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

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.

Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little.

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.

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.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

I think that’s the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

The world around me has changed, and I have learned to adapt but not change. But I’m changing into the woman I am meant to be.

I am just happy to be part of the Nike family.

Something I’ve realized lately, to my shock, is that I am an optimist, in that I think humans are almost infinitely capable of self-change and self-modification, and that we really can build the future that we want if we’re smart about it.

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

I don’t think I’m tangible to myself.

None of the records I make are ever a deliberate construction – they’re always an expression of who I am at the time and where I am in my life.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

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

When I was a child, I was very poor and wanted everything. So when I got money, I began buying things.

I’ve never been a boyfriend kind of girl.

The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have.

We all know we have a finite period of time. I just feel if I’m going to be alive, I want to be challenged – to be as immortal as possible. The path to that isn’t an easy way, but it’s a rewarding way.

Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

I don’t like to beat people down. They need to be lifted up.

When I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.

I never looked at my mantel and envisioned an MVP trophy sitting there. This is pretty crazy.

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

I would like to fly in space. Absolutely. That would be cool. I used to just do personally risky things, but now I’ve got kids and responsibilities, so I can’t be my own test pilot. That wouldn’t be a good idea. But I definitely want to fly as soon as it’s a sensible thing to do.

I believe time wounds all heels.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend – or a meaningful day.

Cage Warriors is a brilliant organisation. They’re doing great things for European MMA, and they’re giving the platform for guys like me who came through. They’re vital. I’m forever grateful for the opportunities I got.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

I fear that many a man’s good resolutions only need the ordinary fire of daily life to make them melt away. So, too, with fine professions and the boastings of perfection which abound in this age of shams.

I think what’s important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.

I’ve always believed in God. I also think that’s the sort of thing that either comes as part of the equipment, the capacity to believe, or at some point in your life, when you’re in a position where you actually need help from a power greater than yourself, you simply make an agreement.

There’s pros and cons of a big church. Cons is I don’t get to know everybody, I don’t get to go to their ballgame, I don’t get to marry everybody, but the pros are you get all this community, 800 ushers come in to serve, getting there at 7 in the morning on their day off and coming in on Saturday to make all those wafers.

A warrior is not a person that carries a gun. The biggest war you ever go through is right between your own ears. It’s in your mind. We’re all going through a war in our mind, and we have to callus our mind to fight that war and to win that war.

I think I have a dualistic nature.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

Every time you think the problem is ‚out there,‘ that very thought is the problem.

I more fear what is within me than what comes from without.

People make jokes about my bosoms, why don’t they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It’s obvious I’ve got big ones and if people want to assume they’re not mine, then let them.

I don’t live in the past at all; I’m always wanting to do something new. I make a point of constantly trying to forget and get things out of my mind.

God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

I’ve lived a very colorful life, and I’ve said some things, But not once have I taken them back, and I’ve never apologized for them – and I won’t.

If you are an American, you must allow all ideas to circulate freely in your community, not merely your own.

When you’re drowning, you don’t say ‚I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,‘ you just scream.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

That is America. That is America. Those bonds of affection; that common creed. We don’t fear the future; we shape it. We embrace it, as one people, stronger together than we are on our own.

Let it be our delight to find our society in the circle of which Jesus is the center, and let us make those our friends who are the friends of Jesus.

I’m thankful for the incredible advances in medicine that have taken place during my lifetime. I almost certainly wouldn’t still be here if it weren’t for them.

Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.

You can be rich in spirit, kindness, love and all those things that you can’t put a dollar sign on.