When there are no other options, people fight harder. If the choice is life or death they have nothing to lose.

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.

It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.

She'll be really impressed if you take control and let her follow your lead.

I'm a paranoid person. And I think - I'm the kind of person that can come up with lots of negative scenarios. But I remembered thinking that seemed like - that was a stretch even for me.

Equality is an unconscious assumption, and if you feel you are treating someone as an equal, then you are not doing it.

Good habits, imperceptibly fixed, are far preferable to the precepts of reason.

In Zen brush-painting, the circle is a master's problem. It represents everything and nothing, and in so doing, the universe.

My father was always getting excited about something. It's genetically inside me somewhere.

The key to loving how you live is in knowing what it is you truly love.

In religious circles, depression is often deemed to be a spiritual condition that can be cured with prayer.

I don't feel that I need a tattoo to represent myself as a Samoan or a Christian.