The world's big things only can be done by paying attention to their humble beginnings.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

Those who are right do not argue. Those who argue are not right.

Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.

Care about what other people think and you will always be their prisoner.

One who believes in himself has no need to convince others.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

In order to eliminate the negative influences, simply ignore them.

Let your workings remain a mystery. Just show people the results.

The leader is a teacher who succeeds without taking credit. And, because credit is not taken, credit is received.

It isn't an easy business (...) Love, he said finally. I was referring to love, Rebecca.

He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays.

We're not going to think about what's happened in the past.

It's so important to experience what your customers are experiencing and listen to their suggestions.

There are not millions of deaths. It happens millions of times that someone dies.

He wasn't very lovable but he was bloody efficient. (Packer talking about Genghis Khan)

The finest life is spent creating oneself, not procreating.

I had my 15 minutes of being the new boy of pop, like lots of people before and after me. Overnight, everyone starts treating you differently, and perceives you differently.

Poverty with joy isn't poverty at all. The poor man is not one who has little, but one who hankers after more.

I think Kevin Garnett is going to be really good at some point.