1,328 quotes found
“Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought and not as many of those who worry about their shortcomings believe an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.”
“A good sweat with the blood pounding through my body makes me feel alive revitalized. I gain a sense of mastery and assurance. I feel good about myself. Then I can feel good about others.”
“Measure yourself by your best moments not by your worst. We are too prone to judge ourselves by our moments of despondency and depression.”
“Oftentimes nothing profits more than self-esteem grounded on what is just and right and well-managed.”
“The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you.”
“Be always sure you're right then go ahead.”
“You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose.”
“When the fight begins within himself a man's worth something.”
“A little kingdom I possess Where thoughts and feelings dwell And very hard the task I find Of governing it well.”
“Everybody's business is nobody's business and nobody's business is my business.”
“Temptations come as a general rule when they are sought.”
“Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you never speak of them and don't ask about them.”
“I will write of him who fights and vanquishes his sins who struggles on through weary years against himself ... and wins.”
“What we do upon some great occasion will probably depend on what we already are and what we are will be the result of previous years of self-discipline.”
“He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls.”
“If you can't write your message in a sentence you can't say it in an hour.”
“Sweet words are like honey a little may refresh but too much gluts the stomach.”
“I am indeed a king because I know how to rule myself.”
“He who conquers others is strong he who conquers himself is mighty.”
“Gammy used to say "Too much scrubbing takes the life right out of things."”
