The conditions of conquest are always easy. We have but to toil awhile endure awhile believe always and never turn back.

There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.

We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?

What you think about yourself is much more important than what others think of you.

A man's as miserable as he thinks he is.

Greed's worst point is its ingratitude.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.

Let us be brave in the face of adversity.

To keep oneself safe does not mean to bury oneself.

Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

Whom they have injured they also hate.

[Americans] have realized many things for which the rest of the world is still struggling...[yet] the civilization and the morals of the Americans fall far below their own principles.

If knock the door once and it remains lock, do not turn away. With persistent knocks, the door will be open.

Having been part of this wonderful show ever since series one, I know all too well what it's like to perform to the nation on the famous 'Strictly Come Dancing' dancefloor.

The more you look down on others, the less ANYBODY will look up to you.

At the time of writing, I don't write for my friends or myself either; I write for it, for the pleasure of it.

In the Yoga of Love we see that matter and spirit are one. It's only the ego that separates.

whatever our ignorance left to itself, and whatever the wounds that other human beings are, we ought to study ourselves with a sort of devotion.

To have fame follow us is well, but it is not a desirable avant-courier.

It's been a journey, the NBA. It's taken me a lot farther than I ever expected.

To be just, it is not enough to refrain from injustice. One must go further and refuse to play its game, substituting love for self-interest as the driving force of society.