Our colleges ought to have lit up in us a lasting relish for a better kind of man, a loss of appetite for mediocrities.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.

The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.

Most unhappiness is caused because people listen to themselves... instead of talking to themselves.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

If you can change your mind, you can change your life.

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

You can alter your life by altering the state of your mind.

Real servants don't try to use God for their purposes. They let God use them for His purposes.

Your calling is you unique area of expertise

It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore.

You are so proud of your intelligence," said the master. "You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell.

The only way to know how customers see your business is to look at it through their eyes

Sentimentality is unearned emotion.

You will never convince anyone to do anything unless you believe it should be done.

The way people get their living determines their social outlook.

And the funny thing is, I've always been an optimist - it's practically a congenital disorder with me.

I just always had a penchant for performing for people.I'm a jackass clown.

Ecstasy and vulnerability belonged in the same dish. The fear the cup would be snatched away was what gave the wine its savor.