Remember, you can always stoop and pick up nothing.

You simply have to accept that your demons are a part of you.

For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, ‚This is a misfortune‘ but ‚To bear this worthily is good fortune.‘

My father was a mean, controlling and manipulative person for most of his life. He was unpredictable and unstable.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

Playing in MLS was a great experience. It has boosted my confidence and I feel I have matured as a player.

To me, a leader is someone who holds her- or himself accountable for finding potential in people and processes. And so what I think is really important is sustainability.

You will never exaggerate when you speak good things of God. It is not possible to do so. Try, dear brethren, and boast in the Lord.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.

Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.

I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.

I never do anything that I don’t want to do.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

People need motivation to do anything. I don’t think human beings learn anything without desperation.

I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

I disagree with everything I used to say.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

The way I approach this thing, when I started to get my head screwed on straight and really trying to make something of myself as an artist, when I was 19 or 20, it became more about function for me. Like, what is this song doing to you? What is the function of this type of artform? What is it doing?

The truth is that you can only come to know God when you give up the past and the future in your mind and merge totally into the now, because God is always here now.

I like to recede away from classifications. You might say that indicates a fundamental lack of commitment. I suppose that’s true to some degree.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

My whole thing now is I know how to think properly to be successful in all aspects of my life. It’s not about ultra running or being a SEAL or pull-up records: it’s about if you want to be better you, have to change your perceived limitations and take the barriers down.

If you can’t read, it’s going to be hard to realize dreams.

A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.

I learned to fly a few years ago in England. It’s the only place I’m completely alone – up in the air, detached from everything.

The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.

The value of beauty and inspiration is very much underrated, no question. But I want to be clear: I’m not trying to be anyone’s savior. I’m just trying to think about the future and not be sad.

I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

To remain a credible leader, I must always work first, hardest, and longest on changing myself. This is neither easy nor natural, but it is essential.

We can’t just continue living as if there was no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow.

Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

One of the things I definitely think of as a driver of me is fear. And it’s fear of failure, fear of being overtaken.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

I really have had to swallow my own prejudice at times.

Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.

If human beings were shown what they’re really like, they’d either kill one another as vermin, or hang themselves.

I have goals.

As unique as we all are, an awful lot of us want the same things. We want to shake up our current less-than-fulfilling lives. We want to be happier, more loving, forgiving and connected with the people around us.

I set records that will never be equaled. In fact, I hope 90% of them don’t even get printed.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.

I don’t know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.

People can try to reinvent themselves. I don’t think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you’ve done up to now.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others‘ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

‚They‘ is… stay away from them, please. There is so many different definitions of ‚they.‘ You might have a personal ‚they.‘ They against you; they want you broken and miserable. They don’t like winners; they don’t like people who’s blessed. So everybody’s got a different ‚they.‘

Although I don’t have a prescription for what others should do, I know I have been very fortunate and feel a responsibility to give back to society in a very significant way.

I can’t play bridge. I don’t play tennis. All those things that people learn, and I admire, there hasn’t seemed time for. But what there is time for is looking out the window.

When people are lame, they love to blame.

Power is competence.

Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.

When you learn about the teaching and the practice of another tradition, you always have a chance to understand your own teaching and practice.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most fools do.

Don’t run if you can walk. Don’t walk if you can stand. Don’t stand if you can sit. Don’t sit if you can lie down.

Sometimes I catch myself stooping, and whenever I am like that, I am sure something is not quite right.

Giving up cannot be an option.