The combination of experiences and emotions you have felt are never repeated.

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated

It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.

Witchcraft to the ignorant, .... Simple science to the learned.

Self-love is an idolatry. Self-hatred is a tragedy.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

I found the ability to become still. The hardest thing for people to do is just be still. And in that stillness you create motion.

She had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever.

In general, costumes are the first thing in life that let other people know who we are. They indicate who the person is without saying anything.

Some people are going to have to die or leave.

when night came on, the Macedonians and the barbarian crowd suddenly took fright in one of those mysterious panics to which great armies are liable

This is kind of hard to articulate, but in broad outline, the United States is going to do what the United States has to do.

When I was a kid I was very interested in the idea of the will, finding out what you're capable of. I liked those kind of challenges.