The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.
Virginia WoolfNo man is hurt but by himself.
DiogenesWisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaI had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.
Maya AngelouFreedom conceives that the mind and spirit of man can be free only if he be free to pattern his own life, to develop his own talents, free to earn, to spend, to save, to acquire property as the security of his old age and his family.
Herbert HooverMan has two great spiritual needs. One is for forgiveness. The other is for goodness.
Billy GrahamThe authority you establish must emerge naturally from your character, from the particular strengths you possess.
Robert GreeneMy rich dad believed we should all learn to take care of ourselves.
Robert KiyosakiOnly one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.
Albert EinsteinI don’t ever want to be caught up in a system of thinking I can do one thing ‚cos that’s just… that’s just telling yourself a lie.
Frank OceanWe run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.
Blaise PascalFind out who you are. And do it on purpose.
Dolly PartonI’m trying to keep a level head. You have to be careful out in the world. It’s so easy to get turned.
Elvis PresleyRemember that your imagination is yours and yours alone. You have the inborn capacity to use it in any way that you choose. No one else is responsible for your imagination. Anything placed in your imagination and held there ultimately becomes your reality.
Wayne DyerGod has given you one face, and you make yourself another.
William ShakespeareHold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind’s eye, and you will be drawn toward it.
Napoleon HillYeah, I like to keep myself interested – I’ll kind of throw myself into some area that I don’t completely know or understand, that I’m not adept at, so I’m forced to swim in order to stay afloat. There’s a good feeling that comes from that.
David ByrneFear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
Ralph Waldo EmersonYou can either be a host to God, or a hostage to your ego. It’s your call.
Wayne DyerI think life is a matter of choices and that wherever we are, good or bad, is because of choices we make.
Lou HoltzWhat we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.
Thomas CarlyleWe cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Albert EinsteinMany people have an intense feeling about what they’re best at. Too often, they’re driven away from it by other people.
Robert GreeneDon’t gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.
Bob MarleyI’m not generally a sensitive person, but I tend to be more sensitive toward others and what they’re going through. I don’t know if that’s the healthiest thing, but it’s the truth.
RihannaI try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.
Joel OsteenControl thy passions lest they take vengence on thee.
EpictetusI never see what has been done; I only see what remains to be done.
BuddhaRead the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don’t complain.
Billy GrahamTalk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
Benjamin DisraeliThe Bible tells us to be perfect. This is likely a scary thought for many people. It used to scare me. I didn’t think I could ever get there, no matter how hard I tried.
Joyce MeyerOur plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Lucius Annaeus SenecaBefore you start a goal – let’s take care of our insecurities because they are going to surface when you put yourself in the crucible and you’re suffering.
David GogginsMany people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
William JamesFame doesn’t fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary.
Marilyn MonroeI don’t want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.
Marilyn MonroeSo many people have this idea: I want to achieve something great or be somebody great. And they neglect the step that leads to greatness. They don’t honor this step at this moment because they have this idea of some future moment where they are going to be great.
Eckhart TolleThe thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.
Conor McGregorThose people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.
Brian TracyI guess I’m living in the present more than the past.
Clint EastwoodFirst and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.
Brene BrownI have practically no private life. I’m already used to this and ready for it. Yes, sometimes it is hard, but it is the choice I made.
Cristiano RonaldoAlways first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.
Franz KafkaReversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.
Elbert HubbardThe man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.
Arthur SchopenhauerPeople pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.
James BaldwinHe who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
Dylan ThomasIf we don’t plant the right things, we will reap the wrong things. It goes without saying. And you don’t have to be, you know, a brilliant biochemist and you don’t have to have an IQ of 150. Just common sense tells you to be kind, ninny, fool. Be kind.
Maya AngelouBe not simply good – be good for something.
Henry David ThoreauI realize I don’t do a very good job in keeping up to date, but I try to.
Bob DylanMy ‚fear‘ is my substance, and probably the best part of me.
Franz KafkaIf you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people’s opinions will rush in from all quarters.
George Bernard ShawFor me, education was power.
Michelle ObamaEvery man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.
Ralph Waldo EmersonPart of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.
John LennonThe experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.
Franz KafkaIt’s stasis that kills you off in the end, not ambition.
BonoAcceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
William JamesMillions of people live their entire lives without finding themselves. But it is something I must do.
Marilyn MonroeI have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.
Ray Bradbury