Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes

I've always been strong-minded, but I wonder.

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst of defeats which each man gains or sustains at the hands not of another, but of himself.

I am determined and resigned to being self-conscious.

I would just say that I have high expecations for myself.

I'm highly critical of myself. There's not something someone else might say that makes me feel I need to be motivated in a different way. I'm a self-motivated guy.

I always focus on myself in what I want, where I want to go, who I want to reach, which message I want to put out, how I want to dress.

I am really driven, but my drive doesn't effect the conversations I have in my head about life, and my worries and fears and insecurities.

Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn't just skills like computer technology. It's the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.

The only thing I find interesting is self-interest.

The only one who can beat me is me.

It's hard to stay true to yourself and what you want in life when there are so many distractions and so much craziness going on around you.

I have my head screwed on right. I haven't been this way in a long time.

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.

I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying.

I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me. The only person I could prepare for events was me. And if I didn't play well, I didn't play well, and I wasn't going to compete.

I think I have a good head on my shoulders.

I don't have anyone curbing my instincts, doing anything destructive to my self opinion.

Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.

The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action.

And again, hast thou valued Patience, Courage, Perseverance, Openness to light; readiness to own thyself mistaken, to do better next time

It's absolutely clear to me that Obama has enormous intrapersonal intelligence. His book, 'Dreams from My Father,' is an amazing book, and it's obvious to everybody he has lots of intrapersonal intelligence.

I think that when people who've had success from a young age go through a train-wreck cycle, it's usually because they're working on someone else's terms, so they feel the need to rebel. But when it's something you've built, you don't have that same kind of resentment or angstiness. But it's also difficult to keep those standards for yourself.

I'm an Aries and sort of a challenge to myself.

A man really determines himself by what he does.